Jack Raines

Writer of a finance blog called Young Money and an MBA candidate at Columbia Business School

Issue #252 February 8, 2023

Gear

4 items

Miscellaneous Macbook Pro

Miscellaneous Xebec (the dual monitor attached) Buy

Miscellaneous Bluetooth mouse

Miscellaneous Journal (not really part of the workspace, but always in my bag)

Interview

4 questions

› What is your favorite item in your workspace?

My Xebec. It's portable and triples my screen size.

› How do you spark creativity?

I've never sparked creativity, it sparks me. Creativity usually hits when I'm in the gym, or on the subway, or at a dive bar at 1 AM. When it does hit, I text myself a few blurbs to review later when I'm by my computer.

› How do you manage work-life balance?

The best way to manage work-life balance is work on stuff that you don't feel the need to balance.

› What does your typical writing process look like?

I sit down, write for 15 minutes, hop on Twitter to look for a tweet that I want to reference, procrastinate on Twitter for 20 minutes, throw my phone on my bed, close Twitter, grind on the newsletter some more.