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One's my daily driver, one's my splurge. I have a confession: I'm obsessed with sleep masks. This little love affair I have with sleep masks started in the early pandemic days. Maybe it was doomscrolling, maybe it was online retail therapy, maybe it was both, but I landed myself smack dab in the middle of cyberspace shopping for luxury silk pajamas. While I ultimately wasn't willing to spend $200 on jammies, I decided that spending $50 on a silk sleep mask was fair pandemic self-care. And I've never regretted that purchase, not once. A trusty sleep mask is a pretty darn affordable way to control your sleep and, arguably, your health. After trying eight different sleep masks, two have earned permanent spots on my nightstand: MZOO Contoured Sleep Eye Mask ($19.99). This sleep mask is hard to beat for the price. Its molded eye cups help totally block out light while making ...

Hey Trendpickw, Last month at Craft + Commerce, I sat down with Kit's CEO Nathan Barry on his podcast, The Nathan Barry Show. We spent an hour talking about the future of courses, memberships, and coaching, specifically in the age of AI. We dig into my insights from 250+ creator interviews, the future of online courses, and how group coaching programs quietly outperform larger audiences. I also share the onboarding system behind his high-retention membership, how he scaled his Lab community, and why trust, not attention, is the metric that matters most in 2025. Nathan tells me it's the fastest start of any video on his channel – already the #3 most-viewed all time! And, even better, only two mean comments: ​ Watch now ↗ ​ I also just published my second Weekend Update episode! These are weekly(ish), < 10-minute po...

The 500-year-old secret to making AI your best writing partner  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Working Overtime How to Keep Your Writing W eird in the Age of AI The 500-year-old secret to making AI your best writing partner by Katie Parrott Midjourney/Every illustratio...