#BreakThings: Manic Monday

10.05.20

It’s been a long time since I had a case of the Sunday Scaries, but last night, it was terrible. I did not want it to be Monday.

Like so many ambitious, high-achieving women, I have overfilled my plate like a teenage boy at an all-you-can-eat-buffet. Something is going to have to give, but I’ll be damned if I know what it is. You may want to have it all, but there’s only so much bandwidth (especially now, when our collective ‘surge capacity’ is seriously depleted).

But if I can make it through this afternoon, I can, hopefully, find a little room to breathe. Until then, let’s take a minute to Break Things.

Ideas. I used feel like they were everywhere. Now, I often feel like I’m drinking from an empty glass. This article from The Cut examines why creativity is so fleeting right now, and posits some solutions for that drained feeling.

Why don’t women’s pants have better pockets or any pockets at all? It is an enduring question that Melina Flabiano tries to answer by looking at the history of women’s fashion. But whatever the reason, how much would we all love to have more usable pockets?

Need cozy loungewear for fall that is also stylish? You need Lou & Grey. I chose my eight favorite items from their selection of weekend wear. (I can’t recommend the slim sweatpants highly enough.)

The Press Send podcast answers reader questions with surprising candor. Chinae Alexander is the friend we all need right now.

We are finally getting our kitchen back this week and all we want to do is cook. Neither of us ever thought we could get sick of eating takeout, but here we are. These sheet pan meals from Martha Stewart are definitely on my list of easy weeknight dinners that I want to try.