We don't have a body, we are a body. Make you process hands-on.

We don’t have a body, we are a body. Make you process hands-on.

Even if your work happens in front of the screen, outsource elements to the physical.

Draw, doodle, outline, strike-through.

Paper is for thinking, screens are for executing. ¹

Have fun. Go wild.

Austin Kleon has two tables in his office: One for analog work. Stacks of paper, markers, pens, scissors, glue sticks. One for digital work: Keyboard, mouse and screen.

This mental division is helpful. When you’re exhausted by digital work, play at the analog table. Then get back to the keyboard to type out your ideas.

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Use your hands

Footnotes

1. This distinction is inspired by Evan Travers: Reflection and Recall ↩