Sitemap - 2016 - Rest, Work, and the Good Life
And the award for most out-of-the-way reference to REST goes to...
"an engaging, well written and researched read:" the Englewood Review of Books
"a timely reminder that rest needs to be deliberate, or our work will become debilitating"
"The Value Of Rest As Restorative" on Jefferson Public Radio
Just relax (with me and David Brancaccio)
Constant availability, job performance, and the loss of professional autonomy
Arianna Huffington talks about REST in "Inside The New York Times Book Review" podcast
Arianna Huffington reviews REST in the New York Times
Rest, creativity, and note-taking: Lewis Carroll's nyctograph
"vacations meant rather a variation of mental employment than absolute rest of mind"
Vanity Fair: "a credible, factual case for chilling out and getting rest"
In which I win this week's "Least sexy Cosmopolitan article title" contest
Wisconsin Public Radio interview is now available online
Tech Nation and "The Neuroscience of Rest"
"You waste years by not being able to waste hours"
"you may be in for a few surprising insights from a man who has... thoroughly researched the topic"
Martin Lindstrom: "I’ve literally written all my books while swimming"
Appearing on KERA's "Think" this Thursday
Business Insider on "How rest makes you more creative and productive"
Parenthood and the need for recovery: we need time away from even our most meaningful work
Visit to Charles Darwin's Down House
"some of history's most creative... took rest very seriously"
Imported contemplative computing posts
Is your brain's need for stimulation leading to sleep deprivation? You suffer from "Trump Syndrome"!
If I lose my Amsterdam talk, I'll have help finding it
How varied activities contribute to happiness: "'variety is the spice of life'—but not of an hour"
Happy Hamilton Day, and walking insights
On rap, aerials, and the value of "creative side gigs"
"Work less, sleep better" at the School of Life, Amsterdam
"We need to start viewing time for reflection as a necessity, not a luxury"
The most important creative collaboration of your life is with your own Muse
"To create, we need both technique and the freedom from technique"
New studies on the impacts of sleep deprivation
Francine du Plessix Gray on her writing studio and "becoming something I can begin to call myself"
Interview in Scientific American Mind
Automation, leisure, and the problem of avoiding "overwork for some and starvation for others"
This is what happens when you write about your book cover
The story behind the chair on the cover of REST
My next book, REST, is off to the presses
Matthew Weiner: "I now cut myself slack on all of the thinking and procrastination time I use"
Stephen Wolfram on Richard Feyman's avoidance of busyness
Basic Books catalog page for Rest
Swimming, flow, and problem-solving
A thought on Jonah Lehrer's new book, redemption, and writing
On the experience of shopping a book proposal
Why you, first-time author, need a literary agent
Cyberloafing, work, and recovery
"The moment my brain got a moment’s rest, ‘Hamilton’ walked into it"
Cities with the best and worst work-life balance
Nom nom Om: The rise of bite-sized wisdom
Greyscale your smartphone screen to make it less compelling
"it is very important to be idle with confidence"
"Real recreation quickens aspiration"
Why is scientific sexism so intractably resistant to reform? | Aeon Essays
Is attention a resource or a relationship?
The Internet of Things is just another way to distract you
Shirley Jackson on the magic of writing
My CSCW '16 talk on focus, mind-wandering, and connectivity
The Bernice Eiduson longitudinal study of scientists and STEM subject snobbery
Habituation, attention, and distraction
Where I Write: Authors show that all writing spaces are pretty similar