You Can Do It if You Want, but I'm Opting Out

"I just say no to a lot of stuff. I just like, oh, it's a Zoom call," he says. "You can do it if you want, but I'm opting out." He doesn't go to conferences because they're not fun for him or the people who pay him to attend them. The author is equally protective of his writing space as the family space. 'There's a certain rudeness there'