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The Case for Having Hobbies You Are Bad At: Field Notes from a Recovering Optimizer
A hobby you are bad at is an activity you keep doing with no expectation of competence — watercolors that will never hang anywhere, a…
The Year I Stopped Turning Every Epiphany Into a Lesson and Started Keeping a Junk Drawer of Thoughts
On a Thursday evening in November 2024, I pulled a Leuchtturm1917 notebook off the bottom shelf of my office bookcase — the one I’d filled…
Why I Think Burnout Is a System Failure Not a Personal One
Burnout is the slow collapse that happens when a person keeps trying to meet impossible demands inside a structure that was never designed for rest….
How I Deal With the Guilt of Not Being Busy
I used to measure my worth in checked boxes. If a Sunday passed without a color-coded plan for the week ahead, I felt a low,…
The Problem With Productivity Advice for People Who Are Already Exhausted
Most productivity advice assumes you have a little extra energy to spend. It asks you to wake up earlier, plan your week in color-coded blocks,…