Journal · Work
When the job is the thing keeping you up.
Toxic workplaces, unrewarded overwork, freelance uncertainty, and the day that never says done. Long-form on the anxieties that follow you home from work, with the research underneath and no pretense that an app fixes a bad job.
Work
6 min
Overworked, unrewarded, and never quite home.
You gave the job the evenings and the weekend. The research on what comes back has a name, and a bill.
July 5, 2026
Work
5 min
When you're the boss, the day never says done.
Open loops are loud on purpose. You don't have to close them tonight. You have to plan them.
July 3, 2026
Work
6 min
Toxic workplace anxiety: when the alarm is accurate.
Sometimes the anxiety is not the problem. Sometimes it's the measurement. What helps now, and what only leaving fixes.
July 1, 2026
Work
6 min
Freelance anxiety: the uncertainty is the job.
The old anxiety had a face and a floor plan. The new one has a spreadsheet, open at 3 AM.
June 29, 2026