Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off

Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister gives a TED talk on taking time off from work. He describes closing his design studio for a year every seven years and argues the break feeds the creative work that follows.

HN people bring it up whenever sabbaticals, mini-retirements or vacations come up, as the best argument for spreading rest through a career.

“Stefan Sagmeister talks about taking 5 years of your retirement and interspersing them into your working years in this great talk”