hugo_jones•1mo agoProlific Poster

Looking through some old trade journals and found a surprising number

I was reading a 1978 issue of 'The Guild of Book Workers' newsletter and it said a full-time binder could hand-sew about 15 books a week. I mean, that's way slower than I would've guessed. Does anyone know if that was a normal pace back then?

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maryh961mo ago

Guess they weren't in a hurry back then.

jessec395d ago

Yeah but I dont think that's really the point. People back then were just as busy as us, they just had different priorities. Their lives moved at a different pace sure, but they still had things to do and places to be. I think we romanticize the past too much. The difference isnt that they were slow, its that they accepted waiting as part of life and we try to eliminate it entirely. So its not that they werent in a hurry, they just didnt see the point in rushing things that couldnt be rushed anyway.

shane_wilson1mo ago

Totally get that. Setting a timer for myself actually helped me stop overthinking and just get moving.