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…
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…
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…
Why Remote Work Is Quietly Rotting Our Sense of Self
Everyone is lying to you about remote work. Or maybe they’re just lying to themselves because they don’t want to go back to sitting in…
Why I stopped trying to be ‘Internet Famous’ and started actually getting paid
I spent the better part of 2019 sitting in a cramped, windowless apartment in Chicago trying to become a ‘thought leader’ on Twitter. I had…