How to Not Always Be Working: A Toolkit for Creativity and Radical Self-Care

When I listen to myself and follow my own needs, I end up balancing out the various types of work and expression that make my life so magical.

But there is something about isolation that is different. It is about hiding, about not being witnessed.

There is no messing up; there is only shifting and rearranging.

let our body be our anchor.

Often when I work at home, the first things I do are to make sure I have a snack and to lay my yoga mat out.

negative self-talk, I step away and connect with my actual inner thoughts.

movement without expectation (so not specifically tied to research and lesson planning) can be a freedom from working.

Our best work as creatives—big-picture thinking, creativity, strategy, ideas, connection—can only happen when stepping away.

technology is my most coveted tool for work, and when I feel tired, frustrated, or have