Nice Work Advice on being out of the office

Hi there!

How’s summer hanging? Are you traveling? Beaching on the weekends? Hiking? BBQing? Sweltering under an extra hot sun and praying for fall? 

Personally, I’ve never been busier than ever with BOTH workload and social activities and I’m drawing such value from having been able to sink into our “time off” theme this past month. Even in the chaos, time for ourselves is the missing link in making sure we still feel taken care of. And in this busy season of mine, I’m leaning not only on upcoming larger spans of time off but also the reinvention of my daily routine that makes room for my needs. Like setting a strict, no phone and no work rule for the first hour of waking, not skipping lunch 🫠, less alcohol to better be in my body and present with my loved ones, and reading A Court of Thorns and Roses (anyone?!) before bed.

In this month’s advice column, we’re answering questions about managing your time off or issues/themes that come up around being OOO. If you ever have a question about anything work/creativity/mindfulness, you can always reply with it, directly to any of our newsletter emails, leave us a comment on substack or DM us on Instagram! We’ll pull from them as we continue these monthly Q+As!