A few years ago, my days were an utter mess. Not in a dramatic way. On the surface, things were getting done and I was hitting all the deadlines I needed to hit. But underneath the calm waters of seeming productive output, I knew the truth. Every single thing felt reactive, as though I was always slightly behind on every project, always catching up, always ending the week with a list of things that were supposed to happen but didn't. To be honest, I put it down to not having

Everyone needs to take breaks. You’re not a robot who can work for hours and hours with no respite. The problem with how a lot of us take breaks, though, is what we do during them. A (Very) Quick Guide to Dopamine Dopamine is the “reward chemical” that our brains release when we achieve something. It’s the thing that makes us feel good when we get a job done. That little boost when you cross something off your to-do list? That’s dopamine. But the modern world has heavily mess