White space is visually inviting

In design, “white space” is negative space. It’s not blank space because it has a purpose. It is balancing the rest of the design by throwing what is on the page (or the screen) into relief. The white space helps focus our visual attention.

The parts of the brain used for thinking about space are also used for thinking about time.

• Studies reveal that people with damage to space-related brain areas also have trouble thinking about time.
• In English and many European languages, we often think of past events to the...

Think about how we can open up our schedule and let some white space in — the mental equivalent of a light, airy room of one’s own that we allow ourselves to retreat to, and refuel, a few times a day.

It should be noted that a “room of one’s own” means that. We are ...