Contents* About The Book
* Preface
* The Daily Miracle
* The Desire To Exceed One’S Programme
* Precautions Before Beginning
* The Cause Of The Trouble
* Tennis And The Immortal Soul
* Remember Human Nature
* Controlling The Mind
* The Reflective Mood
* Interest In The Arts
* Nothing In Life Is Humdrum
* Serious Reading
* Dangers To Avoid
ABOUT THE BOOK How to Live on 24 Hours a Day, written by Arnold Bennett, is part of a larger work entitled How to Live. In this volume, he offers practical advice on how one might live (as opposed to just existing) within the confines of 24 hours a day.
In the book, Bennett addressed the large and growing number of white-collar workers that had accumulated since the advent of the Industrial Revolution. In his view, these workers put in eight hours a day, 40 hours a week, at jobs they did not enjoy, and at worst hated. They worked to make a living, but their daily existence consisted of waking up, getting ready for work, working as little as possible during the work day, going home, unwinding, going to sleep, and repeating the process the next day. In short, he didn’t believe they were really living. Bennett addressed this problem by urging these “salarymen” to seize their extra time, and make the most of it to improve themselves. Extra time could be found at the beginning of the day, by waking up early, and on the ride to work, on the way home from work, in the evening hours, and especially during the weekends. During this time, he prescribed improvement measures such as reading great literature, taking an interest in the arts, reflecting on life, and learning self-discipline.
