The art of the micro-break

The art of the micro-break

What Wayne Thiebaud’s cakes taught me about desk burnout If you’ve spent the last four hours hunched over a laptop, your body likely feels less like a “masterpiece” and more like a stiff, repetitive line of data. We’ve all been there: the deskbound trance...
I stopped waiting for motivation

I stopped waiting for motivation

I used to wait for those intense bursts of energy to get things done. Like a full afternoon, an all-nighter, or the perfect window where everything finally clicks. It felt productive in the moment but it never lasted. Because a few days later, I’d be back where I...