Maartje Willems

Maartje Willems is a Dutch journalist and writer. She lives in Amsterdam where she works as a freelancer and for the VPRO radio program Never Sleep Again. She previously wrote the self-help book Vanaf nu wordt alles beter (“From Now On Everything Will Get Better ”).

How to Be Bored
The Dutch Art of Living Well by Doing Absolutely Nothing
by Maartje Willems, Lona Aalders
Paper over boards | $18.95 US / $24.95 CAN

Plagued—as we are!—by nonstop pings and notifications, we’ve lost the knack of zoning out. Kicking back. Being bored. We fill our days with work, Netflix, and doomscrolling. We rarely let ourselves just be: staring out a window, lying on the … Continue reading →