Maybe an odd suggestion, but: get a physical, blue-collar job. Work in a restaurant kitchen, on a fishing boat, as a logger, etc. If you don't want to go that far, work on a similar project at home: build a house, grow a garden, learn to weld, and so on.
The physicality of such jobs will make you appreciate and regain a sense of "real" work using your body, without all the information economy knowledge work stuff crammed in. People aren't just heads with bodies attached. Recommended books along this line of thought:
- Shop Class as Soulcraft
- Anything by Kerouac (he worked various odd jobs)
The physicality of such jobs will make you appreciate and regain a sense of "real" work using your body, without all the information economy knowledge work stuff crammed in. People aren't just heads with bodies attached. Recommended books along this line of thought:
- Shop Class as Soulcraft
- Anything by Kerouac (he worked various odd jobs)
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance