Rebecca Rashid

Apr 3, 2024 | rebeccarashid.medium.com | Becca Rashid |Rebecca Rashid

During the first few days of any transition, I always like to remind myself where I am. It helps me feel less out of control. It also requires me to re-immerse myself in my physical spaces — my favorite cafes, museums, anything that gives me something to hold onto. After a visit to the National Portrait Gallery yesterday, I was struck by envy — not at the wide array of artistic talent on display — but of the families telling tales of their past.

Jan 1, 2024 | theatlantic.com | Rebecca Rashid |Ian Bogost

Between making time for work, family, friends, exercise, chores, shopping—the list goes on and on—it can feel like a huge accomplishment to just take a few minutes to read a book or watch TV before bed. All that busyness can lead to poor sleep quality when we finally do get to put our head down. How does our relationship with rest affect our ability to gain real benefits from it? And how can we use our free time to rest in a culture that often moralizes rest as laziness?

Dec 31, 2023 | newsbreak.com | Rebecca Rashid

Between making time for work, family, friends, exercise, chores, shopping—the list goes on and on—it can feel like a huge accomplishment to just take a few minutes to read a book or watch TV before bed. All that busyness can lead to poor sleep quality when we finally do get to put our head down. How does our relationship with rest affect our ability to gain real benefits from it? And how can we use our free time to rest in a culture that often moralizes rest as laziness ?

Dec 17, 2023 | theatlantic.com | Rebecca Rashid |Ian Bogost

Time off the clock may be closer than you think. Before laptops allowed us to take the office home and smartphones could light up with notifications at any hour, work time and “life” time had clearer boundaries. Today, work is not done exclusively in the workplace, and that makes it harder to leave work at work.

Dec 10, 2023 | theatlantic.com | Rebecca Rashid |Ian Bogost

Many of us complain about being too busy—and about not having enough time to do the things we really want to do. But has busyness become an excuse for our inability to focus on what matters? According to Neeru Paharia, a marketing professor at Arizona State University, time is a sort of luxury good—the more of it you have, the more valuable you are. But her research also revealed that, for many Americans, having less time and being busy can be a status symbol for others to notice.