How Do You Get Into a Flow State?
Flow arrives when your attention has a clear line to follow and room to follow it. Here is how to prepare the room and let absorption find you.
Why Do I Feel Guilty When I Relax?
You sit down to rest and something shifts — a pressure that the time isn't being well spent. Here's where that guilt comes from and what actually settles it.
Meta Muse and OpenAI Dots: Three Quick Questions Before You Hand Off Your Day
Once an agent handles your tasks, what does your attention get to do? Three quick questions to ask before you hand something off.
Is It Too Late to Start Something New?
The difficulty is the whole point. What to look for in a new thing, and how to survive being visibly bad at it.
Why Can’t I Decide What to Watch?
Ten minutes of scrolling before a show is a solvable problem, and the answer is a short list you write once.
Why Can’t I Relax Without My Phone?
Boredom is the doorway to rest, and it is only uncomfortable for about three minutes.
The Territory Audit: Three Lines, Two Minutes, One Pen
Unfinished things quietly draw on you all day. What that costs, a two-minute practice that gives each one a decision, and a printable sheet.
Why Can’t I Read a Book Anymore?
Long reading is a capacity, and capacities come back. Here is what wore this one down, and the three conditions that rebuild it.
Does GPS Weaken Your Sense of Direction?
Turn-by-turn directions get you there every time. Your sense of where you are is a separate skill, and it stays sharp when you use it.
Does Writing by Hand Still Do Something for You?
Typing is faster. A pen does something different, and a few moments in your week are worth the two minutes it costs.
AI Anxiety: 3 Questions to Turn Fear into Useful Action
Three questions for separating what is known from what you fear, and choosing what to do next.
Who Should Decide Whether AI Is Safe?
Sam Altman says people outside the AI labs need a real say. Four questions tell you whether that promise becomes real oversight.