Stories
Things worth knowing
Gift guides, getting-ready routines, and notes on scent, season and mood.
Getting ready
The five-minute routine for when you are already late
You have five minutes. Most of what people do in them is the wrong five minutes of work.
2 min read
Getting ready
How to reset between work and going out
The reason you do not feel like going out at 7pm is that you are still in the day. The transition takes about twenty minutes and most people skip it entirely.
2 min read
Getting ready
An interview-day routine that settles your nerves
By interview morning the preparation is done. What is left is managing your own state, and that has a sequence too.
3 min read
Getting ready
A Sunday reset that does not eat your Sunday
The reset is supposed to reduce the number of decisions in your week. Most versions of it have quietly become another full day of work.
2 min read
Getting ready
A travel-day outfit that survives the airport
Comfort and looking composed are not in conflict. They are in conflict if you decide the outfit at 5am.
2 min read
Getting ready
Wedding guest prep without the last-minute scramble
Wedding days are long in a way normal events are not. Dress for hour six, not for the photographs at hour one.
2 min read
Getting ready
The forty-five minutes before a first date
A sequence that works backwards from the door, so you leave on time and stop thinking about how you look about ten minutes before you arrive.
2 min read