Play
Joy without a purpose. Games that don't keep score. Messing about with no outcome. Laughing at nothing in particular. You used to be brilliant at this — right up until you got a LinkedIn profile.
In Defence of Messing About
There's a space between doing something and doing nothing that we've lost the word for. Your grandparents called it 'messing about.' It might be the most important thing you're not doing.
read →The Hustle Translator
Enter any hustle culture wisdom. We'll translate it into something human.
translate →Laugh Like Nobody Gets the Joke
I laughed so hard last Tuesday that I couldn't breathe and my stomach hurt and tears were running down my face. I can't remember what was funny. It doesn't matter. The laugh was the thing.
read →Play Shelf
Books on play, games, humour, and why adults need them more than children do.
listen →Cloud Watching
Outdoor play — 20 min
begin →Board games are just structured excuses to sit with people you like.
Cubicles: Managing Up
Climb ignores Blaze to charm the boss in an elevator.
read the strip →Rainy Afternoon
Rain, a crackling fire, and the faint sound of a board game box opening.
listen →The Slow Weekend Designer
Pick a mood. Get a weekend shape. Not a plan — an intention.
design yours →The Board Game That Saved Us
We were three adults staring at phones in the same room, performing togetherness. Then someone found an old board game in a cupboard and suddenly we were actually here.
read →The Unserious Playlist
Playful, surprising, and impossible to take seriously. For games, walks, and doing nothing in particular.
listen →Fun doesn't scale. That's why it works.
Kitchen Disco
Movement play — 10 min
begin →Cubicles: Out of Office
Moss leaves at 4:30 on a Friday and everyone panics.
read the strip →The Slowth Score
Sixteen questions about how you actually live your days. A mirror, not a test.
take the score →The Case for Being Bad at Things
We stopped doing things we're bad at around the age of twelve. This was a catastrophic loss disguised as maturity. Time to be terrible at something again.
read →The Curiosity Walk
Exploration prompt — 30 min
begin →Somewhere between childhood and a LinkedIn profile, we replaced play with team-building.
Cubicles: The KPI
Metric presents synergy touchpoints, which are just conversations.
read the strip →The Sunday Afternoon Problem
Every Sunday afternoon I face the same crisis: hours of free time and absolutely no idea what to do with them. Not because I have no options, but because I've forgotten how to choose fun over productivity.
read →The Pointless Game
Partner play prompt — 15 min
begin →Cubicles: The Stand-Up
Moss refuses to stand during a stand-up meeting.
read the strip →When Did Fun Need a Reason?
Every adult hobby now needs a justification. 'It helps with stress.' 'It teaches strategy.' 'It's a form of active meditation.' You're allowed to just do things because they're fun. That is a complete sentence.
read →The ROI of doing something pointless is that you enjoyed doing it.
Cubicles: Urgent
Ping sends five messages then walks over to ask if Moss read them.
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