The Schengen visa process is a test of how much humiliation you’re willing to endure for a croissant. It is a bureaucratic hazing ritual designed…
Why I spent four days in Hanoi mostly hiding in cafes and why you should too
Hanoi is a sensory assault that doesn’t care if you’re having a good time. Most people tell you it’s ‘charming’ or ‘vibrant,’ but let’s be…
Why you should probably ignore the ‘mandatory’ travel insurance for Dubai
If you’re heading to Dubai and you think the “mandatory” insurance included with your visa or your Emirates flight is actually going to help you…
Why I Started Deleting Half My To-Do List Every Single Morning
I spent four hours yesterday looking at a list of things I wasn’t going to do. It was 3 PM on a Tuesday, raining in…
Why Your Networking Strategy Is Trash and How to Actually Make a Friend
I spent $450 on a ticket to a “Future of Work” conference in Austin back in 2018, and I still regret it. I was standing…
How I fixed my brain without actually quitting my soul-crushing job
October 14, 2019. 2:14 PM. I was sitting on the floor of a bathroom stall in a WeWork on 42nd Street, staring at the grout…
How to Get a Raise When You’re Already the Highest Paid Person in the Room
You’re the top dog. Everyone knows it, even if they haven’t actually seen the HR spreadsheet where your name sits comfortably at the top of…
Stop Trying to ‘Growth Mindset’ Your Way Out of Being a Human Being
Carol Dweck’s book Mindset is the Bible of modern corporate gaslighting. There, I said it. If you’ve worked in an office in the last decade,…
Why I stopped trying to win at productivity and actually started getting work done
I spent three hours last Tuesday reorganizing my digital filing system. It looked beautiful. Color-coded tags, nested folders, a custom icon for my ‘Current Projects’…
Your Productivity System Is Just a Very Expensive Way to Procrastinate
It was October 18, 2022. A Tuesday. I remember the date because it was the day I almost lost a $3,200 freelance contract because I…