The Deal I Made With Myself Here’s the thing about morning phone scrolling: you don’t really decide to do it. Your eyes open, your hand moves, and suddenly you’re watching someone’s cat video at 6:47 AM while your coffee gets cold. According to a Pew Research Center 2025 digital habits report, the average American checks …
How I Ended Up Here I started using AI journaling apps the way most people start these things: casually, skeptically, and mostly because my therapist suggested I try “something” instead of just thinking in circles before bed. I’d kept journals before—the real kind, with the leather covers and the pen that felt like it mattered. …
The Shift Nobody Really Talks About I used to think conversations about food were pretty static. You either felt guilty about what you ate, or you didn’t. You wanted to lose weight, or you were fine where you were. You grabbed snacks mindlessly at the grocery store, or you had admirable discipline. These categories felt …
Watching the World Burn (From My Kitchen Table) I’ve been sitting here with my third cup of coffee this morning, scrolling through LinkedIn like it’s some dystopian soap opera, watching executives and employees duke it out over desk assignments. Amazon just dragged 1.5 million people back to their cubicles this January, and the internet has …
The Great Email Unsubscribe Project of Last Tuesday I spent forty-seven minutes last week unsubscribing from newsletters I apparently signed up for in some fever dream of productivity optimization. You know the ones. “7 Morning Habits That Will Transform Your Life Before 6 AM” and “The Secret Productivity Hack Every Successful Person Uses.” I must …