You Don’t Have To Do It All is a short book about all the things you do not have to do to have a life of meaning.
It begins with a note from me, the author, which reads:

October 2021

We are not who we were pre-pandemic, this much is clear.

For some of us life has changed in profound ways through experiences of loss and grief. For others, although it seems only the details of our lives have been re-arranged, something inside of us is irrevocably altered.
We don’t want the life we had before.

It is my hope that in this book you find some starting points, some ways to start building a different life. If this book leaves you with ideas for how you can change your life; some practices to try, some things to let go of, I will have succeeded.

The old ways of hustle and striving have had their day.
To find a new way forward will not be easy, but it will be good.

Be brave, friends.

Elli Johnson, October 2021.

If you want to create a simpler life, if you want to stop climbing ladders which lead nowhere, if you are tired and worn out and looking for a new way to live, this book is for you.

You Don’t Have To Do It All
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