The costs of being always-available in academia
In REST, I talk a lot about why being able to unplug from work and detach emotionally and psychologically are good in the both the short term and
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Taking rest without making work for someone else
Two pieces crossed my transom that have me thinking about this challenge: How do we make time for rest and leisure— but not at someone else’s expense? Large
“I consider exercise our best bet for the magic pill:” the brain science of exercise
This morning I came across a Fast Company article on NYU neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki and her book, Healthy Brain, Happy Life, a memoir-slash-scientific monograph about the relationship between
Directed, hijacked, aimless, and wandering minds: On mind-wandering versus distraction
I’ve been thinking about different forms of distraction, and the differences between distraction and mind-wandering. We talk a lot about focus and distraction, and often talk about them
Deena Shanker on digital sabbaths
One of the chapters of the book that I most enjoyed writing looks at digital Sabbaths, and how to make them work. So I perked up at Quartz writer Deena
Work and sleep deprivation in the film industry
An interesting piece in Psychology Today about how Hollywood filming schedules mess with sleep patterns, and the dangers that causes: Within the entertainment business there has been much
“This is an attempt to make the two-dimensional book into three-dimensional ambience and experience”
As someone who’s done plenty of readings at bookstores (and, I hope, will do plenty more in 2016!), I really appreciate the thinking behind Morioka Shoten, a bookstore in
Christmas holidays: Time for teachers to unplug from work
Teachers, listen up: this holiday season, don’t grade papers, don’t answer email from parents and students, and don’t think about work. You’ll do a better job next year