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 …
The Geography of Creative Debris I have a drawer in my desk that I call the graveyard, though that makes it sound more dramatic than it actually is. It’s really just where I keep the remnants of projects that started with enormous enthusiasm and petered out somewhere between the initial spark and anything resembling completion. …
The Project That Changed Everything Three months ago, I was elbow-deep in redesigning our company’s employee onboarding system when I realized I’d missed lunch. Again. Not because I was stressed or overwhelmed, but because I’d genuinely lost track of time. I was sitting there at 3 PM, stomach growling, wondering where the last four hours …
The Morning Pages That Became Morning Pressure For two years, I dutifully filled three pages every morning with stream-of-consciousness writing. The Artist’s Way promised this would unlock my creativity, clear mental clutter, and transform my relationship with myself. What it actually did was turn my coffee time into homework. The Things I Quit (And Why …
The Airport Terminal Theory I’ve been thinking about this idea that some places feel like home not because they’re familiar, but because they’re temporarily yours. Last month I found myself with a three-hour layover in Denver, and instead of the usual airport misery, I felt this weird sense of belonging. Not to Denver specifically, but …