Skip to Content
Sign In

Musings

6 posts

Optimization Traps: Why more efficiency isn't always better

Optimization Traps: Why more efficiency isn't always better

We’re all looking for ways to work smarter, but optimizing comes with its own set of risks. Here are 2 traps to avoid as you improve your efficiency.

A cocktail-napkin sketch of 3 suns rising over a pyramid.

Life Lessons from The Three-Body Problem: Don’t Wait to Start Living

Reading Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body has helped me to reflect on making time for joy today and live in the now. Here's how.

A child stood under an oak tree.

Learn like the tree grows

For the past few days, I’ve been teaching myself a new language under the guise of a challenge.

A newspaper image of a man in pure bliss.

Redeye anxiety

A story of unchecked anxiety about something well within control.

Salad needs headroom

Salad needs headroom

Great salad needs headroom. What does that mean? More than you think.

A painting of a pothos plant.

Hector's haircut

Today — in exchange for a haircut — Hector the Pothos taught me something pretty cool.