There’s something quietly magical about index cards. They’re small. Inexpensive. Unimpressive, even. You can buy 500 of...
Tangents
It happens in the shower. On a walk. In the middle of the night. Somewhere between doing...
We’ve never had more tools to help us think. Note-taking apps that sync across devices. Task managers...
Most days, you pass a thousand things without seeing them. The sidewalk under your feet. The grain...
Let’s be honest: most side projects don’t amount to much. They start with a spark — a...
Be original. Think differently. Break the mold. These mantras surround us—from classrooms to marketing campaigns to personal...
We talk about “processing” ideas, “storing” memories, “downloading” knowledge. We describe brains in terms of inputs, outputs,...
Boredom has a terrible reputation. We treat it like an emotional paper cut—unpleasant, unnecessary, and to be...
Crosswords. Sudoku. Logic riddles. Rubik’s Cubes. Murder mysteries. Escape rooms. Jigsaw puzzles spread across coffee tables like...
You’re thinking all the time. Even now, as you read this, your mind is processing — interpreting...