Work in Progmess

The Work in Progmess Team September 30, 2025 💌 From the Editor’s Desk Welcome back to Work In Progmess, the only leadership newsletter willing to admit the truth: your career is less about résumés and more about whether people can tolerate you with a drink in their hand. This week’s headline? A bold new academic standard that finally reflects reality: the Happy Hour Test is here, and it is now standardized. — The Mess 📰Headline Shocker Happy Hour Test Added to SATs: Students Must Prove They...

The Work in Progmess Team September 23, 2025 💌 From the Editor’s Desk WARNING: Rant Incoming! Welcome back to Work In Progmess, where optimism renews every week and dies by Monday night. Yesterday the New York Jets did what they do best: invent new ways to lose. They are now 0–3, and my Mondays are officially ruined for the third week in a row. By Friday I will be optimistic again. By Monday night I will be crushed again. And by Tuesday morning I will be questioning my life choices again. It...

The Work in Progmess Team September 16, 2025 💌 From the Editor’s Desk Welcome back to Work In Progmess, where personality tests are made up and the points actually do matter. Studies show Friday and Saturday usually top the charts as favorite days of the week. But we are not here for statistics. We are here to tell you what your favorite day reveals about your career, your energy, and your questionable life choices. Think of this as your Weekly Horoscope, but with fewer constellations and...

The Work in Progmess Team September 9, 2025 💌 From the Editor’s Desk Welcome back to Work In Progmess, the only newsletter where leadership lessons come wrapped in satire and career advice occasionally sneaks in disguised as a lottery ticket. This week, we could have written about billionaires, financial strategies, or the odds of winning Powerball. Instead, we found something better: a story about one person who decided that real wealth is not in the bank, but in the story you build....

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...