What I was doing May 29th, 2026

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Updated May 29th, 2026, at home in Oslo.

If life was the ocean right now, I'd be just past a demanding wave — floating in something that looks calm, but isn't really. Lots of smaller waves I can choose to paddle into before the big one in August: the wedding. If I skip too many now, August gets harder.

Just back from Trondheim where I helped with user testing for three master projects I'm supervising. All three are learning games that teach accessibility. Lots happening at work on top of that, and some paperwork I've been procrastinating was close enough to its deadline to create real stress for a few days. But that is all in the past.

Coping by 3D printing, things for the wedding, and props for the next cohort of master students starting the accessibility learning games project in August.

Currently reading — three books circling the same question:

• Slow Productivity — Cal Newport (re-listening)
• Pseudowork — book club at work (altough I'm trying to finish it in 3 weeks as that is my attention span for these things)
• The Unaccountability Machine — Dan Davies (half-read on the shelf next to me)

Why do we still work 40 hours a week? Why is more and more of it reporting and admin? Why don't we understand what being productive actually means? Newport, Adam Grant's WorkLife podcast, and Pseudowork are all pulling at the same thread. Worth spending more time with.

On my reading list:

• The Art of War - Sun Tzu
• When the Body Says No - Gabor Maté