Shorter pieces, written between the long ones.

A column for the things that do not need ten thousand words. Reflections, confessions, the small noticings of a working life.

• March 2026

  On not knowing what to do at four in the afternoon.

  A short meditation on the shape of an unstructured day, written six weeks after stepping down.

  By Helena Bright
• February 2026

  The co-founder I should have hired instead of married.

  I am being slightly facetious. Slightly.

  By Anonymous
• February 2026

  Things I told myself were strategy that were, in fact, fear.

  A list, written honestly, with the dates I told myself each one.

  By Yusuf Adeyemi
• January 2026

  What my grandmother said about debt.

  She ran a small bakery for forty-one years. I am told there is no comparison. I disagree.

  By Lina Park
• January 2026

  The first hire after the layoff.

  I interviewed her on a Tuesday. I had laid off eleven people on the Friday before.

  By Marcus Vale