I know this sounds like the title of an email that will have research-backed advice about productivity in it, but would you believe that’s not what Kara is sending you today? (And yes, we’re entering the “talking about self in third person” era of my life.) Picture me on a yoga ball typing this in my new office corner in the basement with a knot in my back from screwing a hook into the downstairs bathroom two days ago, a hook I’ve owned since before we had kids. Yes, it’s a giraffe, and yes, my six-year-old complimented me on it a few hours after I hung it. “Nice job on the giraffe!” I live for those moments. Thank you for noticing my blue giraffe.
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