Walking through downtown Detroit these days, you can see the difference that green spaces make. After thirty-eight years in the same house in suburban Michigan, I’ve watched our cities change…
I’ll be honest – when I first started working from home more during the pandemic, my “office” was basically a corner of our bedroom with a folding table and whatever…
I’ve been tracking my productivity metrics for years, and I’ve noticed something interesting during business travel. Some hotels absolutely crush my ability to focus and work effectively, while others leave…
Walking into most hospitals these days still feels like stepping into a sterile box – harsh fluorescent lights, beige walls, that particular smell that screams “medical facility.” But over the…
I walked into a coffee shop in Portland yesterday and nearly dropped my laptop. There, covering an entire wall, was this stunning photographic installation – giant prints of moss-covered stones,…
My laptop sits on a desk made from a barn door that survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. I know this because the farmer who sold it to me in…
Last month I received a wooden stool in my mailbox. Well, not technically in my mailbox—the package was leaning against my front door when I got home from testing some…
After six years of remote work and obsessively tracking productivity metrics, I’ve learned that what you do outside your home office matters just as much as what’s inside it. I…
I’ll be honest – this isn’t territory I expected to dive into when I started optimizing my home office. But after six years of remote work and extensive experimentation with…
Look, I’ll be honest – a few years ago, if someone had told me I’d be writing about “biophilic living,” I probably would’ve nodded politely and changed the subject. But…