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The Psychological Case for Adult Play Time

By Jared Keller — 2017

Coloring books and ball pits are much-needed therapy for the inner child in all of us.

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The Frustration with Productivity Culture

Why we’re so tired of optimizing our work lives, and what we should do about it.

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Cal Newport
2021
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Top Artists Reveal How to Find Creative Inspiration

Guy Garvey, Isaac Julien, Martha Wainwright and other artists give their top tips for unleashing your inner genius.

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Laura Barnett
2012
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Engineer by Training, Craftsperson at Heart

One way to find balance is to separate work from your outside life entirely, and leave science in the lab. But I see it differently: I have found joy and balance by joining my research and hobbies.

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Duanduan Han
2018
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Why I Taught Myself to Procrastinate

But if you’re a procrastinator, next time you’re wallowing in the dark playground of guilt and self-hatred over your failure to start a task, remember that the right kind of procrastination might make you more creative.

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Adam Grant
2016
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Even With a Dream Job, You Can Be Antiwork

In its sudden rearrangement of daily life, the pandemic might have prompted many people to entertain a wonderfully un-American new possibility — that our society is entirely too obsessed with work, that employment is not the only avenue through which to derive meaning in life and that sometimes no...

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Farhad Manjoo
2021
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Choosing the Right Job for People with Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome

Jobs need to be chosen that make use of the strengths of people with autism or Asperger’s syndrome.

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Temple Grandin
1999
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