Wishful Working Newsletter

Wishful Working is a weekly newsletter about living, working, and thriving in a productivity-obsessed world.

Featured Posts

🤖 I hope AI takes my job
Here’s what I’ll do if it does
Kara Detwiller
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Sep 18, 2025
🎈 This year, I'm whimsymaxxing
The fearless pursuit of delight 
Kara Detwiller
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Mar 12, 2026
🥪 Justice for sad desk lunch
Working life, reviewed
Kara Detwiller
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Mar 5, 2026

Latest Posts

🪞 What do you call yourself?
I’m having an identity crisis
Kara Detwiller
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Jul 30, 2026
🕹️ I bought a vending machine
A whimsymaxxing check-in
Kara Detwiller
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Jul 23, 2026
🧠 Peek inside my brain
4 things I’m thinking about lately
Kara Detwiller
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Jul 16, 2026
🗯️ Be more unhinged
Leaning into humanness
Kara Detwiller
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Jun 11, 2026
📚 Business books I actually liked
Summer reading recs
Kara Detwiller
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Jun 4, 2026
😌 Complacency is underrated
I’m pissed about LinkedIn grifters
Kara Detwiller
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May 28, 2026