by unthink | May 26, 2026 | Blog Post
There is a smell that belongs distinctly to Africa. It arrives before dawn. Red earth after rain. The dry warmth of acacia and dust. Something ancient and alive that no other place on earth replicates. If you have experienced it, you never fully leave it behind. It...
by unthink | May 25, 2026 | Blog Post
I have a very reliable test for whether I am living well. My dogs know it before I do. When I come home present, unhurried, unburdened, they feel it immediately. We end up on the floor together. There is laughing. There is chaos. There is nothing I would rather be...
by unthink | May 24, 2026 | Blog Post
I hated Mondays once. Not just the alarm. The whole weight of it. The knowledge that the next five days were something to survive rather than live. Sunday evenings carried a particular darkness, a slow creeping dread that stole the weekend before it was even over. I...
by unthink | May 23, 2026 | Blog Post
We tell ourselves we are measured, rational, composed. Then we pick up our phones. On a train recently, watching a stranger scroll, something became clear. Within minutes, her face moved through joy, concern, hurt, and quiet approval. She didn’t notice. No one...
by unthink | May 22, 2026 | Blog Post
I was sitting with a leadership team recently, post-mortem on a project that had missed its deadline. Smart people. Good intentions. Real effort. But as we unpacked it, the same pattern emerged that I see more often than I care to admit. No one had agreed on who was...
by unthink | May 21, 2026 | Blog Post
The freelancer who charges too little. The consultant who apologizes before quoting. The executive who caves before the client pushes back. This isn’t humility. It’s self-sabotage dressed up as modesty. Imposter syndrome is nearly universal. A landmark...
