This Is What Happened When We Stopped for an Hour Every Fortnight
Our best work as creatives—big-picture thinking, creativity, strategy, ideas, connection—can only happen when stepping away.
Marlee Grace • How to Not Always Be Working: A Toolkit for Creativity and Radical Self-Care
A monthly ritual that changed my life.
The Think Day
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In the 1980s, Bill Gates began an annual tradition he called the Think Week.
Gates would seclude himself in a remote location, shut off... See more
But what if we built our timelines differently? Not just the standard checkpoints and milestones, but deliberate pause points. A week between strategy sessions to let insights settle. Three days after customer research to spot patterns. Time set aside not for more analysis or more creation, but for the vital work of integration. Those moments when... See more