How to be Less Useful
Priyanka MattooA journal of my ongoing recovery from over-functional to just functional enough.
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I Control the Volume
I think that’s supposed to be me, alone at the table.
This morning my kids started fighting over a half-mast helium balloon, in the way that kids do. He was touching “her” balloon, she wanted it back, there was screaming and shoving. We h...
16 Rut-Busting* Books
*Guaranteed
The three months before a book comes out are a bear—the calm before the storm, where every day is spent waiting for a tidbit of news from the outside world, and early interviews always get me worried I’m not ready for a public...
My Job is House
a mantra
Of all the things that have gone wrong this week, the dishwasher is the one that might break me. I love to eat and cook, more than most people. I also hate to do dishes, more than anyone in the world. My husband, the other dishwas...
A Fun GLP-1 Story
Surprise!
Heads-up: If you are one of those people (like me) who gets stressed out reading about bodies and/or weight-related things, please skip. But there is a reason I’m working through my discomfort with these subjects to share my expe...
Everything is Dolly
Dolly is everything
Yesterday I sat down to write about packing and unpacking a month’s worth of luggage, and then Dolly Parton died. I’m not ready to articulate everything I’m feeling, but here is a jumping-off point, which I found on the...
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Author of the upcoming HOW TO BE LESS USEFUL: THE JOY OF INEFFICIENCY (Knopf Nov ‘26), BIRD MILK & MOSQUITO BONES: A MEMOIR (Knopf ‘24). Former talent agent and producer, current author/screenwriter/parent.
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