How to Not Always Be Working

Part workbook, part advice manual, part love letter, How to Not Always Be Working ventures into the limited space where phone meets life, helping readers to define their work (aka what they do to make money), and their breaks (what they do to recharge, to keep sacred, to feel connected to themselves). The book delves into the discussion of what happens when your work and your job are connected or the same, and how to figure out how much is too much, and get the best use of your time.  For the corporate lawyer who is always on email as well as the bread-baker trying to do something that's just for themselves. How to Now Always Be Working includes practical suggestions such as getting a phone box and sleeping with your phone in a different room, and more philosophical prompts that invite readers to ask how they burn themselves out and why they're doing it. A creative manifesto, this book is above all inclusive-- insisting that deep breathing and yoga aren't just for the 1 percent, and inviting any and everyone to create a sacred space in their lives. Cody Cook-Parrott (formerly Marlee Grace) is a dancer and writer whose work focuses on the self, devotion, ritual, creativity, and art making. Their practice is rooted in improvisation as a compositional form that takes shape in movement videos, books, quilting, online courses, and hosting artists. Grace’s Instagram dance project Personal Practice has been featured in the New York Times, Dance Magazine, Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, and more.