Sabbaticals, work-life balance, and leisure vs. idleness
Bowdoin professor Kristen Ghodsee writes in the Chronicle Vitae about her experience on sabbatical in Europe, and how that life compares to American academic culture: I still worked
“My busyness was actually laziness”
Just as work and rest are partners (as I argue in REST), so too are busyness and laziness actually linked in ways we don't always recognize. Writer Abigail Murrish
When taking a vacation is good for democracy
Slate reports on the Post-election plans of campaign staff and journalists. tl;dr: Almost to a person they're going to take some time off, and try not to think about
“some of history’s most creative… took rest very seriously”
Author and adventurista Janice Holly Booth has an article on AARP's Life Reimagined Web site that does a fine job of explaining what to do if you "Want
Gender and the benefits of flexible working hours
Flexible working hours are good, right? The give you a greater degree of control over your own schedule, so you can take time off to pick up the
Imported contemplative computing posts
Clowns of Cambridge, where I first started thinking about rest while working on contemplative computing I spent a little time this morning and imported posts from my contemplative
Another thing to look for when I’m in London: Nick Littlehales’ new book on sleep
Nick Littlehales, a sleep coach who's worked with many world-class athletes and is a fellow Penguin Life author (I can't tell you how cool it is to be able to
When doing nothing at your job is disciplined– and profitable
My son on the Utah-Nevada border. His t-shirt reads, "I'm not lazy, I'm energy efficient" The Wall Street Journal has been running a series on the rise of
Churchill’s naps
I've mentioned Churchill's naps (and the napping habits of leaders, and people who want to be leaders) in several posts, but his history of napping is worth a post.
Writing and Research
Kevin Birmingham's Truman Capote Award Acceptance Speech, which he won for his book about the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses, is getting some well-deserved attention for its reflections