# Wishful Working

> A weekly newsletter about living, working, and thriving in a productivity-obsessed world.

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## Posts
- [🍝 Scrappy with a side of support](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/scrappy-with-a-side-of-support): Rediscovering resourcefulness
- [📖 Pry my library card from my cold, dead hands](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/pry-my-library-card-from-my-cold-dead-hands): A love letter
- [🍫 I got paid in chocolate truffles](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/i-got-paid-in-chocolate-truffles): On neighbors and blessings
- [🌸 Proceed as if everything will be okay](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/proceed-as-if-everything-will-be-okay): Affirmations for anxious people
- [🪞 What do you call yourself?](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/what-do-you-call-yourself): I’m having an identity crisis
- [🕹️ I bought a vending machine](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/i-bought-a-vending-machine): A whimsymaxxing check-in
- [🧠 Peek inside my brain](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/peek-inside-my-brain): 4 things I’m thinking about lately
- [🗯️ Be more unhinged](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/be-more-unhinged): Leaning into humanness
- [📚 Business books I actually liked](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/business-books-i-actually-liked): Summer reading recs
- [😌 Complacency is underrated](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/complacency-is-underrated): I’m pissed about LinkedIn grifters
- [🍩 The one thing I miss about office life](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/the-one-thing-i-miss-about-office-life): Working life, reviewed (again)
- [🧾 Read my receipts](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/read-my-receipts): One year of freelance expenses
- [📬 Do you want some fun mail?](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/do-you-want-some-fun-mail): It’s gonna be a Snail Mail Summer!
- [🏖️ What would you do with a 5 day weekend?](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/what-would-you-do-with-a-5-day-weekend): Productivity, privilege, and the world we could have had
- [🧊 Is your refrigerator running?](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/is-your-refrigerator-running): The things we take for granted
- [📺 From barely known to tv host](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/from-barely-known-to-tv-host): Work/Life with Freelance Journalist John Loeppky
- [❤️‍🩹 Healing is hard work](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/healing-is-hard-work): Rest is not laziness
- [⭐ On reaching for the stars](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/on-reaching-for-the-stars): Some dreams die, some come true
- [🎉 4 years of learning and unlearning](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/4-years-of-learning-and-unlearning): It’s my freelance anniversary!
- [🖋️ A quote so good, I got it tattooed](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/a-quote-so-good-i-got-it-tattooed): On fate and moving forward
- [📎 Other duties as assigned](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/other-duties-as-assigned): What I'm working on right now
- [🎈 This year, I'm whimsymaxxing](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/this-year-i-m-whimsymaxxing): The fearless pursuit of delight 
- [🥪 Justice for sad desk lunch](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/justice-for-sad-desk-lunch): Working life, reviewed
- [💪 Do something 100 times](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/do-something-100-times): Tips for sticking with it
- [🪨 Inertia is ruining my life](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/inertia-is-ruining-my-life): Object at rest seeks unbalanced force
- [🛁 All we do is work](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/all-we-do-is-work): Why talk about different types of labor?
- [🐚 It’s time to swap my shell](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/it-s-time-to-swap-my-shell): Welcome to Wishful Working 2.0
- [How much does a 31-day trip cost?](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/how-much-does-a-31-day-trip-cost): London recap + vacation stats
- [A British bookshop hates to see me coming](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/a-british-bookshop-hates-to-see-me-coming): Making our way across the UK
- [Smooth sailing on rough seas](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/smooth-sailing-on-rough-seas): Crossing the Atlantic on QM2
- [I saw a rat](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/i-saw-a-rat): Speedrunning NYC sights
- [WFH gift guide](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/wfh-gift-guide): 7 things you don’t need but might want
- [Every job I’ve ever had](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/every-job-i-ve-ever-had): Lore drop loading...
- [Is hustling actually a good thing?](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/is-hustling-actually-a-good-thing): Three times to work your butt off
- [A haunted house, but...](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/a-haunted-house-but): Self-employment scares edition
- [5 things I’m loving lately](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/5-things-i-m-loving-lately): Random recs and thoughts
- [Art is food](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/art-is-food): I hope you’re hungry
- [The only way out is through](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/the-only-way-out-is-through): Or: Freshman feelings
- [When your career no longer feels intentional](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/when-your-career-no-longer-feels-intentional): It’s okay to realign
- [🕯️ In defense of dilly-dallying](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/in-defense-of-dilly-dallying): Challenging the pace of modern living
- [🤖 I hope AI takes my job](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/i-hope-ai-takes-my-job): Here’s what I’ll do if it does
- [Making plans is an act of hope](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/making-plans-is-an-act-of-hope): And an act of delusion?
- [Honest Business Book Reviews (Part 8)  ](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/honest-business-book-reviews-part-8): Honest thoughts on work-related reads
- [What’s the point of productivity?](https://www.wishfulworking.com/p/what-s-the-point-of-productivity): Swimming against the hustle-culture current