https://halfaperson.com/ Half a Person, on burnout, imposter syndrome, and disillusionment near the top of a career. en-GB Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://halfaperson.com/posts/loud-and-right-arent-the-same-thing https://halfaperson.com/posts/loud-and-right-arent-the-same-thing Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT Why I went quiet when a senior colleague shouted me down, and why loud isn’t the same as right. https://halfaperson.com/posts/the-half-second-where-saying-yes-feels-good https://halfaperson.com/posts/the-half-second-where-saying-yes-feels-good Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Why I keep taking on work I can’t fit in, and what I get out of being the easy one. https://halfaperson.com/posts/the-shortcut-that-left-me-further-behind https://halfaperson.com/posts/the-shortcut-that-left-me-further-behind Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT On a free day spent trying to get an AI tool to build a roadmap for me, and the older habit underneath it: reaching for something outside myself rather than sitting with the thinking I actually needed to do. https://halfaperson.com/posts/the-career-survival-skill-with-no-off-switch https://halfaperson.com/posts/the-career-survival-skill-with-no-off-switch Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT On the instinct that makes me fold under pressure from bosses, peers, and people I manage alike, and the theory that the very same trait has quietly kept me employed for two decades. https://halfaperson.com/posts/the-story-im-telling-myself-about-being-spread-thin https://halfaperson.com/posts/the-story-im-telling-myself-about-being-spread-thin Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT On being new in a senior role and mistaking a workload problem for a competence problem. And trying to tell the difference between being stretched thin and not being enough.