‘Faced with the general obsession with productivity, learning to waste time with loved ones is a revolutionary act.’

The art of not getting everything done is the ability to wait, to accept imperfection and one’s own limitations, and to live life without rushing, which is nothing more than ‘a form of consumerism.’ Lucía Martínez Alcalde strikes up an intimate conversation with the reader: she recounts personal experiences, asks questions, and encourages reflections that help the reader understand what stage of life they are going through. In a world where everything moves too fast, the secret is to learn to live not by the rhythm of notifications but by that of our hearts, of love “from” and “for” others: “Sometimes the essential thing is to lie down on the carpet with your child and do nothing. Perhaps, right there, we are doing a great deal. Almost everything”.