Quiet Quitting for Writers

Embracing imperfection in order to prioritize writing.

Oh, my writer friends. How are you? I wrote nearly an entire newsletter about how I was managing my time. I was going to try and help others with managing their time. But then I realized that time management is just a bullshit concept under capitalism.

I turned in most of my book revisions to my editor yesterday. Today and this weekend I’ll be revising the rest of my book. I am also teaching two writing composition classes, taking a class in renaissance literature, taking a nonfiction writing workshop, and juggling three credits of reading and writing in addition.

Before I came out to Florida from Seattle for my PhD program, I was prioritizing my physical health because I had to. My back surgery and the accompanying pain made it impossible for me to sit for any extended period of time. I was writing and working, but I also took long walks through the neighborhood, and popped in to coffee shops along my way, where I’d work.

Not so, here. Everything here requires a bus ride or a bike ri…