Work in Progmess

The Work in Progmess Team September 2, 2025 💌 From the Editor’s Desk Welcome back to Work In Progmess, where procrastination is less a bad habit and more a performance art. This week we introduce you to your new best friend. Or rather, your new NESTY.Not Even STarted Yet. That project, that pitch, that “I’ll get to it right after lunch” moment. We all have one. Or twelve. — The Mess 📰Headline Shocker AREA PROFESSIONAL REPORTS “WORKING ON IT,” ACTUALLY JUST NESTY Claims breakthrough motivation...

The Work in Progmess Team August 27, 2025 💌 From the Editor’s Desk Welcome back to Work In Progmess, where inspiration comes from strange places. This week, a laminated card taped to the inside of a hotel shower. Yes, apparently even showers need operating instructions now. Which got us thinking: if we need written guidance just to bathe, maybe we also need a manual for something a bit more complicated… like our careers. — The Mess 📰Headline Shocker AREA GUEST REQUIRES DEGREE IN ENGINEERING...

The Work in Progmess Team August 19, 2025 💌 From the Editor’s Desk Welcome back to Work In Progmess, where we believe hope is not a strategy, but it does pair nicely with nachos. It is preseason NFL time. The stands are full, the games do not count, and somehow every fan base is convinced this is the year. Your team is undefeated. The rookies look promising. The backups are "scrappy." It is the purest month of football delusion there is. And, if we are honest, the same thing happens every...

The Work in Progmess Team August 12, 2025 💌 From the Editor’s Desk Welcome back to Work In Progmess — the newsletter that believes “what you don’t know can’t hurt you” is a terrible health plan and a questionable career strategy. This week, we’re looking at one of the most dangerous games men play:Avoiding the doctor because “it’s probably fine.” It’s the same logic we use for our inbox, our LinkedIn profile, and that awkward career conversation with our boss.What could possibly go wrong? —...

The Work in Progmess Team August 5, 2025 💌 From the Editor’s Desk Welcome back to Work In Progmess — the only newsletter that considers "school supply shopping" a triggering event and thinks everyone should get a syllabus for life by age 35. Here in Georgia, it’s August... a month best described as a furnace with homework. The kids are heading back to school, which means one thing for grownups: a calendar full of other people’s needs and a nagging sense that you were supposed to have figured...

The Work in Progmess Team July 29, 2025 💌 From the Editor’s Desk Welcome back to Work In Progmess — where every generation thinks the next one is doomed, and every inbox is a cry for help. This week, we investigate a shocking event: a 21-year-old willingly speaking into a phone — with his voice. No emojis. No meme reaction. Just raw, unfiltered verbal communication. It’s giving… vintage. — The Mess 📰Headline Shocker 21-YEAR-OLD ACCIDENTALLY MAKES PHONE CALL, ENGAGES IN FIRST REAL CONVERSATION...

The Work in Progmess Team July 22, 2025 💌 From the Editor’s Desk Welcome back to Work In Progmess — where inbox zero is a myth, and work-life balance is just a Pinterest board you saved in 2017. This week, we examine the great lie of modern leadership: that you can "balance" it all.Spoiler alert: You can’t.But you can get aligned. Which is kind of like balance… but without the burnout, the guilt, or the need for a color-coded bullet journal. — The Mess 📰Headline Shocker LEADER ATTEMPTS...

The Work in Progmess Team July 15, 2025 💌 From the Editor’s Desk Welcome back to Work In Progmess — the only newsletter where your personality test results are confidential, but your panic isn’t. This week, we explore what happens when a 12-year-old clicks “likes helping people” on a career survey and gets locked into a 15-year educational pipeline that ends in professional confusion and one very expensive hospitality degree. We’re not saying the system’s broken.We’re saying… let’s take the...

The Work in Progmess Team July 8, 2025 💌 From the Editor’s Desk Welcome back to Work In Progmess — the only publication brave enough to say “I have no idea” and call it leadership. This week, we celebrate a quiet act of rebellion: admitting you don’t have the answer, the plan, or a clue where your kid’s soccer cleats are. Turns out, saying “I don’t know” might be the most freeing sentence you never say out loud. Let’s fix that. — The Mess 📰Headline Shocker DAD FINALLY ADMITS HE DOESN’T KNOW...