What applies to children can apply to us adults as well. Many of us spend most of our working hours tethered to screens—such is the power and value of these tools for representing the world and working with others. But we can attend to the needs and possibilities of our bodies too. I do most of my writing, almost all of which requires a screen, in twenty-four-minute intervals, punctuated by six- to thirtyminute rest periods that give me a chance to weed the garden, walk around the block, brew tea, wash dishes, practice a page of Bach, or otherwise engage my full body. Our screenbased work will
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