Wishful Working

Wishful Working

A weekly newsletter exploring self-employment, anti-hustle culture, and the future of work.

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Productivity and CreativityProductivity and Creativity
Stop setting goals, start experimenting

Stop setting goals, start experimenting

Plus: My own LinkedIn experiment

Kara Detwiller
Kara Detwiller
Freelance LifeFreelance Life
No thanks, I’m stuffed

No thanks, I’m stuffed

On turning down work as a freelancer

Kara Detwiller
Kara Detwiller
Anti Hustle CultureAnti Hustle Culture
Searching for meaning in marketing

Searching for meaning in marketing

Tales of an anti-consumerist advertiser

Kara Detwiller
Kara Detwiller
Future of WorkFuture of Work
Most things are more important than work

Most things are more important than work

How can we actually decenter work?

Kara Detwiller
Kara Detwiller
Productivity and CreativityProductivity and Creativity
I don’t believe in time blocking

I don’t believe in time blocking

Here’s what I do instead

Kara Detwiller
Kara Detwiller
Anti Hustle CultureAnti Hustle Culture
Ease is underrated

Ease is underrated

Trade grinding for grace

Kara Detwiller
Kara Detwiller
Freelance LifeFreelance Life
Three years with no boss

Three years with no boss

Self-employment: How it started vs. how it’s going

Kara Detwiller
Kara Detwiller
Productivity and CreativityProductivity and Creativity
You are everything you’ve ever loved

You are everything you’ve ever loved

Where did your lore begin?

Kara Detwiller
Kara Detwiller
Future of WorkFuture of Work
I promise I am not a robot

I promise I am not a robot

My uneasy relationship with AI

Kara Detwiller
Kara Detwiller
Anti Hustle CultureAnti Hustle Culture
What’s the money for?

What’s the money for?

Avoiding the trap of mindless accumulation

Kara Detwiller
Kara Detwiller
Honest Business Book ReviewsHonest Business Book Reviews
Honest Business Book Reviews (Part 6)

Honest Business Book Reviews (Part 6)

More honest thoughts on work-related reads

Kara Detwiller
Kara Detwiller
Anti Hustle CultureAnti Hustle Culture
The work we do for free

The work we do for free

Exploring invisible, unpaid domestic labor

Kara Detwiller
Kara Detwiller
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