I've been looking at companies that are fighting back against the culture of overwork (mainly in software, Web development and video games), and this morning came across this
Just in time for the end of summer and back to school, more pieces about the virtues and challenges of boredom. My friend Martin Schwirn points out this
The Atlantic has an excerpt from a new book by psychologist Lea Waters, The Strength Switch, talking about the importance of free time and mind-wandering (or "free-form attention,"
More people seem to be getting interested in boredom. Now the World Economic Forum has a video about the value of letting your mind do nothing at all:
Over the weekend I had a short piece in Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper, which was dedicated to "the benefits of boredom." My piece explains why "Rest and Boredom
Bay Area author Jordan Rosenfeld as a piece in Quartz about "The scientific link between boredom and creativity:" As a freelance writer, it made sense that I’d check
I like to tell people that the only bad vacation is the one that you don't take. There's a ton of research on the benefits of vacations, both
I seem never to have blogged this, but in the June Penn Gazette I have an article about biophysicist Britton Chance, sailing, and deep play. As I explain
Outside Online has a new article, "Eight of Our Favorite Writers on Why They Run." They're not simply writers who also happen to enjoy a jog; all of
For years I've been fascinated by the "extended minds" thesis, the claim that we should regard our minds not as confined to our brains, but including brains, bodies