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REST

We explore productivity guilt, why modern culture makes us feel like idle moments are a moral failure, and why tying our self-worth to our output is just a more socially acceptable cage.

The Loneliness of Trying to Build a Life From Scratch

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from trying to change your life while your current reality keeps interrupting you.

Are people naturally good or shaped by their environment?

We like to say things like "that person is just evil" or "she has a good heart." But people are not born bad. Before you write someone off, ask what version of the world they were handed before they had any say in it.

The Rulebook Nobody Wrote But Everybody Knows

Nigeria has an invisible rulebook that demands men be unbreakable and women be palatable. The genius and the tragedy of it is that nobody is really enjoying enforcing these rules—they just maintain themselves. But slowly, through small, private rebellions, we are quietly choosing not to follow them.

THE PYGMALION EFFECT

The Pygmalion Effect proves a simple truth: we rise to meet the expectations set for us, so surround yourself with people who genuinely believe in your potential.