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Mar
We’ve all been there. The feeling when you pack that extra sweater just in case. The book you could have sworn you packed for your trip but is somehow missing right when you need it. As commuters, travelers, and bag carriers, the items that we pack in our bags are the things that get us […]
Mar
I usually get up at about 5:30, and I’m ready to have coffee by 6, usually with my husband. He goes off to his work around 6:30, and I go off to mine. I keep a hotel room in which I do my work — a tiny, mean room with just a bed, and sometimes, […]
Mar
When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one to disturb you and it is cool or cold and you come to your work and warm as you write. You read what you have written and, as you always […]
Mar
I begin each day of my life with a ritual: I wake up at 5:30 A.M., put on my workout clothes, my legwarmers, my sweatshirts, and my hat. I walk outside my Manhattan home, hail a taxi, and tell the driver to take me to the Pumping Iron gym at 91st Street and First Avenue, […]
Mar
It’s hard to find a backpack that is beautifully designed and functional at the same time. As someone who gets sent a lot of products to test, I’ve found that you have to accept a bulky and typical, “tech backpack” if you want a bag that has a separate laptop compartment for your Macbook or […]
Where we work can impact the approach that we have towards our work. It’s why iconic creatives like Ernest Hemingway used to write at the crack of dawn or how important an ergonomic workstation is to your productivity. Public places are also an inspiring (and free) space to get work done and there’s no better […]
Mar
Running between classes, clinics, and hospitals, things can get pretty busy in medical school. So I like to keep the rest of my life simple – and the team over at ISM understands that. The classic backpack strikes a perfect balance between form and function that is hard to find elsewhere in the current market […]
Mar
The sense of touch is powerful. It’s common for individuals to feel as if they have to touch important belongings to believe they are still in their bag or pocket. Have you ever felt to make sure your phone or wallet is in your pocket even though you know it is still there? Your everyday […]
Mar
On being a digital nomad: I traveled the world for a year and a half as a digital nomad, joking with my friends that my large backpack was my apartment and my smaller one was my office. In that time, I’ve come to learn the absolute necessities of my day-to-day office (a.k.a. backpack) as a […]