An embarrassing story about debt, cutlery, and costumes
Eighteen months after quitting college, I find myself in a predicament between cutlery and cash.
KonMari your creative life
Applying the KonMari method to your creative life lets you quickly find inspiration from the books you read, the articles you curate, or the quotes you have saved.
How to break the sleep code
Why a Japanese buckwheat pillow is the secret tool for a better night’s sleep.
Face masks: A superpower for introverts
Wearing a mask provides introverts a superpower to feel comfortably quiet, simultaneously outsourcing our social expectations to be loud, onto a piece of fabric.
How selling knives gave me the confidence to become a self-taught designer
I didn’t realize it at the moment, but that simple choice to sell knives gave me the confidence to quit college and seek out a nontraditional path to becoming a designer.
The 'check engine' light of design feedback
Great design doesn’t appear from the abyss. It’s a back and forth process that feeds itself on strong feedback loops. How do we get better at giving thoughtful feedback?
An unnatural collision of spaces and routines
As the pandemic smashed the world, the rooms in my two-bedroom apartment have created split personalities for themselves, almost unexpectedly.
Read more by reading slowly
A few years ago I read a book, “Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion.” Not long after, I blindly referred the book to a friend, who immediately asked me to give me a 30-second pitch on why he should read it.