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How to be Less Useful

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A journal of my ongoing recovery from over-functional to just functional enough.

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About Priyanka Mattoo

Author of the upcoming HOW TO BE LESS USEFUL: THE JOY OF INEFFICIENCY (Knopf Nov ‘26), BIRD MILK & MOSQUITO BONES: A MEMOIR (Knopf ‘24). Former talent agent and producer, current author/screenwriter/parent.

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