Children's author Luīze Pastore: I only learned to "switch off" my mind this summer
Children's and young adult book author Luīze Pastore told Latvian Radio's "Monopols" that she only learned this summer to consciously "switch off" from work-related thoughts. She noted that creative professionals aren't always in work mode.
Children's and young adult book author Luīze Pastore said on Latvian Radio's program "Monopols" that it was only this summer that she learned to consciously "switch off" her mind from creative work.
Pastore revealed that even when new creative ideas come to her, she deliberately chooses not to engage with them. According to her, in such moments she simply "sends the ideas away" and reminds herself that she is, for example, currently at the beach with her children, and that she wants to spend that time consciously, without thinking about work.
Not all creative professionals are always working
The author emphasized in the program that the assumption that people in creative professions are literally "at work" all the time does not reflect reality. Pastore's experience shows that even when ideas arise that could become material for future work, it is important to be able to set them aside and allow oneself to properly rest.
Her remarks point to a conscious approach to separating work from rest — something she says she has only managed to achieve relatively recently, during this past summer.
