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Meg Hovious

Languishing millennial.

Work

The 5 day workweek turns 100

May 18, 2026

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5 min read

The 5 day workweek turns 100

What's changed. What hasn't. And what probably should 100 years later.

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Is work even the point anymore?

Jul 9, 2025

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4 min read

Is work even the point anymore?

Microretirements, soft living, and the slow rejection of hustle culture

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Meg Hovious
The limit does not exist.

Jun 24, 2025

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4 min read

The limit does not exist.

Microsoft confirms what we already know: the infinite workday is here.

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Meg Hovious
The 4-day workweek is working.

Jun 16, 2025

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3 min read

The 4-day workweek is working.

Iceland redesigned the week. Mental health improved.

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Meg Hovious
The mental cost of this political moment.

Jun 9, 2025

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4 min read

The mental cost of this political moment.

And ways to cope in a fraying America

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Meg Hovious
Mental health and ChatGPT

Jun 2, 2025

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4 min read

Mental health and ChatGPT

Prompts and tools to up your mental maintenance game.

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Meg Hovious
Are you caught in an anxiety loop?

May 19, 2025

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3 min read

Are you caught in an anxiety loop?

A break from your smartphone might do more for your mental health than you think.

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Meg Hovious
Are you really resting when you *slam laptop shut til Monday*?

May 12, 2025

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3 min read

Are you really resting when you *slam laptop shut til Monday*?

The illusion of rest and what to do about it.

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Meg Hovious
 The Bare Minimum Mental Health Challenge is here*

May 5, 2025

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2 min read

The Bare Minimum Mental Health Challenge is here*

Because sometimes doing the min is the best we can do.

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Meg Hovious
A different kind of midlife crisis.

Apr 28, 2025

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3 min read

A different kind of midlife crisis.

Millennials are putting the cry in crisis

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Meg Hovious
You’re not forgetful. You’re overloaded.

Apr 21, 2025

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6 min read

You’re not forgetful. You’re overloaded.

Context switching, digital noise, and fractured attention are breaking our memory. Here's what to do.

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Meg Hovious
Happy Stress Awareness Month!

Apr 14, 2025

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4 min read

Happy Stress Awareness Month!

Enjoy the stress! What to do when you're both aware and stressed.

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Meg Hovious
Work shouldn't feel like this, right?

Apr 7, 2025

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6 min read

Work shouldn't feel like this, right?

Everyone is burned out. Few are talking about why.

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Meg Hovious
Is the future of well-being social?

Mar 31, 2025

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2 min read

Is the future of well-being social?

A look at the loneliness epidemic—from public health to your group chat

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Meg Hovious
Hey are we ok?!

Mar 24, 2025

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2 min read

Hey are we ok?!

The 2025 World Happiness Report is here.

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Meg Hovious
Gen Z at work

Mar 17, 2025

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2 min read

Gen Z at work

Understanding the 'Anxious Generation' and how they're reshaping work

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Meg Hovious
Do not disturb; we're going offline

Mar 10, 2025

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7 min read

Do not disturb; we're going offline

Can offline hangs become the norm?

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Meg Hovious
Quiet quitting is out. Revenge quitting is in?

Mar 3, 2025

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3 min read

Quiet quitting is out. Revenge quitting is in?

Do it loud. Do it proud, I guess.

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Meg Hovious
Are you able to focus at work?

Feb 17, 2025

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3 min read

Are you able to focus at work?

How the attention economy is eroding attention, mental health, and our work

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Meg Hovious
What's up with work in 2025?

Feb 10, 2025

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1 min read

What's up with work in 2025?

How Millennials and Gen Z are defining the modern workplace

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Meg Hovious
Compassion fatigue is real.

Feb 3, 2025

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2 min read

Compassion fatigue is real.

We can only take so much

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Meg Hovious
What if you just 'let them' at work?

Jan 27, 2025

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2 min read

What if you just 'let them' at work?

Applying Mel Robbins' 'Let Them Theory' in the workplace

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Meg Hovious
 Let's talk about sleep, baby.

Jan 20, 2025

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2 min read

Let's talk about sleep, baby.

You're invited to the snoozefest

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Meg Hovious
Is it solitude or is it loneliness?

Jan 13, 2025

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2 min read

Is it solitude or is it loneliness?

When alone time stops feeling like self-care

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Meg Hovious
The new year is here*

Jan 6, 2025

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2 min read

The new year is here*

The years start coming and they don’t stop coming 🥴

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Meg Hovious
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We are living through a moment of profound change in how humans work and live. The forces behind it are technological, economic, cultural, and deeply human.
Most of us are navigating it without a map. This newsletter is an attempt to draw one.

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