March 30/Velocity. Staples. Purge.

Still employed. Still staring at the same spreadsheet that measures 'Synergy Velocity,' which is a phrase Marcus invented at the last quarterly offsite and has since become load-bearing in our department. He asked today if I've 'optimised my output flow.' I told him I'm batching my existential dread to make room for focused work later. He gave me the smile — the one that could mean impressed, or could mean he's already composing the HR email.

The secret project is officially a thing. Not software — the world has enough half-baked SaaS apps. Not life coaching — I am not qualified to tell myself how to live, let alone a stranger. It's specialised, high-end professional decluttering for firms that have lost the thread. The Marie Kondo of corporate processes. Does it spark joy? No. Does it stop the procurement department from ordering staplers from 1994? Yes.

I haven't told Anja yet. I'm waiting for the moment when I actually know what I'm doing. I suspect this moment and the right moment are the same moment, and that neither is imminent.