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

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.

part of being a creative-based worker is knowing when to surrender to your instincts to make.

Often, I get paid for jobs that feel easy and don’t feel like work, then I do a bunch of them and implode, burning out because I accidentally forgot I was working.

I try to download my spontaneous creative thoughts to a nearby journal or the notes app in my phone.

This book is not about self-care for the self, but self-care for the collective and liberation from the obsession of work.

Sometimes the phone is a way to escape from whatever inner creative personal turmoil I am experiencing, to dive into a world that is not my real life.

let our body be our anchor.

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

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