Overwork as laziness: My latest pieces for Thrive Global
I've got a two-part article on Thrive Global up today, around the concept of overwork as laziness. We think of overwork as a sign that we're in-demand, living
Get Brainwashed: Talking about work and rest with Brainwash.nl
When I was in Amsterdam, I took some time to do an interview with the Web magazine Brainwash about REST, work in contemporary society, and creativity. The first
How good a model is Darwin (or Jefferson, or Hemingway)?
Every now and then a reader suggests that some of the people I talk about in REST aren’t good role models because they were either bad people, or
My new ebook: Rest in the World: My Morning Routine
I have a new ebook out: Rest in the World: My Morning Routine. When you write a book, there are stories that you can't fit into the book, but
Japanese edition of REST
My copies of the Japanese edition of REST arrived today. It's always really cool to see the foreign editions, and to imagine the book being read by people
A note on morning routines
In REST I had a chapter about why people are more creative in the morning, and here I've continued writing about morning routines and their importance in creative
Freelancers need to rest, too
Manchester-based Web site Creative Boom has an article urging freelancers to "ditch the freelance guilt:" The first couple of years of freelancing weren't exactly a walk in the park.
“there isn’t even a whiff of hippie wishy-washiness:” Readers review REST
REST has received some excellent reviews in places like the New York Times and... well, there's no place quite like the New York Times, but it's gotten positive press
Do spiders have extended minds?
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
“a life spent dutifully responding to emails is a dull one indeed. And ‘wasted’ time is, in fact, highly fulfilling”
The World Economic Forum blog has an Olivia Goldhill piece that argues for the importance of "wasted" time. when we spend so long frantically chasing productivity, we refuse