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Essays on culture, technology, creative work, and the systems underneath it all. Pick a thread and see where it leads.

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Work Addiction Wears a Hard-Work Costume

Psychologists draw a real line between loving work and not being able to stop. With everything I'm launching at once, I needed a stopping rule more than another task list.

Caffeine Is Load-Bearing

My $150 grocery budget has one non-negotiable line item: caffeine. On Walmart runs, cold brew math, the sugar trap, and the corporations selling us our own exhaustion back.

My Pinterest Pin Multiplier System

The Pin Multiplier turns one blog post into seven Pinterest pins: locked templates, a scheduling queue, and affiliate tags that make finished content travel farther.

AI Didn’t Kill Blogging. Boring Blogs Did.

AI made producing a decent article ridiculously easy. That gives blogging an opportunity to become interesting again.

Customer Service, Explained Like You’re New Here

A practical, no-fluff beginner’s guide to writing customer-service replies that sound human, use verified facts, and give one clear next step.

Bush Being Political, Not Barbara’s Husband

A demure, moisturized, elegantly unbothered argument for body hair, bodily autonomy, and opting out of the beauty-standard group project.

Companies Lose Good People When They Hire the Wrong Managers

Bad managers can dismantle communication, trust, institutional knowledge, and employee loyalty faster than companies expect.

Meditation for People With Too Many Tabs Open

The Too Many Tabs Meditation is a funny guided meditation about digital clutter, unfinished attention, shrimp posture, and closing one browser tab.

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