Take a Day Off - Print Edition

A reflective, quietly playful book about work, life, and paying attention.

Take a Day Off is not a productivity guide or a leadership manual, and it is not a manifesto about quitting work or escaping to the woods. It is a creative reflection on modern working life — told through short stories, poems, and visual posters — for people who are interested in how they live inside their work as much as what they do within it.

The tone moves between humour and discomfort, familiarity and pause. The writing is observational rather than instructional, and the visuals are there to carry feeling more than explanation. Many readers find themselves recognising fragments of their own working lives and, in doing so, noticing questions they had not previously given space.

Each chapter pairs written reflection with two visual pieces — one deliberate and designed, the other raw and photographic — creating a rhythm that invites browsing as much as reading.

It is a book intended to be dipped into, returned to, and left open on a desk rather than completed in a single sitting.

The book grew from a desire to explore working life without turning every tension into optimisation or advice. It sits as an early creative seed of Creative Soul Projects — a space concerned with reflection, texture, and the life around systems rather than the systems alone.

The book does not promise transformation.

It offers a moment of attention.

Sometimes, that is sufficient.

Shipping Details: Currently shipping to the UK only.

Published by Cultivated — a modern library exploring how ideas become value in organisations.

Learn more ↗

Details and Care

Features:

A5 printed book.

Full-colour interior, including all visual posters.

The paper stock is gloss, chosen for image depth and durability, and the binding is designed for repeated browsing.

Copies are printed in small batches and shipped within the UK only, each wrapped with a short handwritten thank-you note.

A digital edition is also available separately.

Published by: Cultivated

Created in: United Kingdom

Language: English

Returns

For physical products you may request a full refund within 30 days of purchase by emailing : 

products@cultivatedmanagement.com.

For detailed information about returns and refunds please refer to our FAQs.