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Joshua Wold

Done

As a followup on being tired, I love a point that Greg makes in Effortless, where he talks about making the most challenging task on your plate the easiest. Imagine you have a large, unclear task, that you’ve been staring down the barrel of for days. People are counting

Tired

We reach a point of exhaustion. We keep pushing against all the forces that want to hold us down. Our outlays of energy in times past haven’t paid off the way we’d hoped, and we’re still here. When that happens, when we feel empty and unable to

Donating to the Red Cross via Apple

The same thing, sadly, happens with charities. People generally don’t want to admit to selfishness, but I will. When I give money to a charitable cause, I always look for the checkboxes to opt out of being contacted by them in the future. When it happens anyway, I get

Everything all at once

Recently I chatted with a friend about how we manage all the things going on in our lives. It’s funny. When I was in elementary school, homeschooled at that, I couldn’t imagine a time where things would get crazier. I had chores to get done, schoolwork to do,

Schrödinger's RSS

RSS lives on in podcasting. It’s a remnant of the Indie-Web which persisted, and is thriving. Could long-form textual content ever see that same sort of popularity? Or are those days behind us? Saadia goes on to ask a few friends if they use RSS. The answer is no.

Processing creativity and communication

For me, I launched two podcasts within a week of each other in one of the most intense periods of my life. This was very hard but looking back on it, they have been good for me. Whilst I have struggled to keep consistent, they are there to pick up

Running on a bum knee

I’ve loved running for much of my life. Since I was 19 and took up my first two mile jog (thanks to my now father-in-law Jeff) I’ve been hooked. Before that I’d dealt with lung issues as a child and felt winded with any short sprints. Jeff

AI Design tools in early 2025

Like most product designers I’ve spent the better part of the last two years exploring every AI tool available and seeing which ones can help improve what I create as a designer. I don’t mind incorporating new tools and workflows into my process. I’ve done it many

Pitching ideas to stakeholders

A friend recently asked me how I approach pitching design ideas to clients, or even presenting designs to my team. This is such a great question, and one I don’t think I’ve considered writing on before. First off, I want to say that it’s not an easy

You're enough

We live in a world that demands more. Growth at all costs. Improved productivity, race to the moon and beyond. This recursive nature of eating itself has advantages. I’m thankful for running water, for one. But when we push forever without thought of the moment, of the little things