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Attention, work, and honest reflection.

Short essays on how people actually work — and how to notice the difference between activity and progress.

Why your workday feels full but leaves no trace

You were busy all day. So why can't you say what you actually did? The gap is usually fragmentation, not laziness.

Some switches are how good work happens. The dangerous ones are the ones you never notice you made.

A single number is the most-requested feature we'll never build. Here's the case against it.

Same clock, completely different learning. The number on the timer is the least useful thing about a study session.

Most tools that watch how you work are built so someone else can see it. That's a design choice — and it can be made differently.