[AceyMan]

I'm 55 now and I'm working on a side gig that's 'skillful manual labor' and I get a lot of satisfaction from the work and from becoming (let's hope) one of the best in the world at the thing.

cf, "Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work" by M. Crawford

[jiscariot]

To me, that book comes across pretty preachy and doesn't offer little in nuance between knowledge work and manual labor, a la starting a motorcycle repair business badly. It also had this "guy switches careers and needs to write a book to justify it" feel.

But I also consider Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance pretty mediocre, while others consider it life changing, so not sure how valid my opinion is.

[hackernewds]

The reviews don't particularly look good. Do you recommend it?

[mbrodersen]

Thanks for the book reference. I will check it out.