Inspired by App Defaults, this is a list of the main tools I frequently use these days.

In addition

Identity

This category may sound strange to you. Yet, as a Black person who grew up in a white environment, I have to make a proactive effort to find community among people whose stories resonate with mine. These are spaces that help me do this:

• Bar Bario
• Omek

Hardware

• WH-1000XM4 Wireless Premium Noise Canceling Headphones
• (What brand is that reading light again?)
• I use a knock-off version of the Roost laptop stand. I’d share a link, but I got it for free from a hostess at a coworker space, who took it straight from the Lost & Found. The knock-off is perfect, and has convinced me you don’t need to buy the actual Roost one.

Kitchen

• I’ve inherited Anja’s kitchen utensil snobbery and have become a big fan of Le Creuset’s silicone spatula series. I wouldn’t know how to cook a proper meal without them.
• Our best and most-used knives come from Karasu in Amsterdam

Wear & care

• Over the Summer, I got myself a Nike Sportswear RPM Waistpack. Fanny packs are notoriously sizeist, but luckily this pack’s extra belt makes for a create extension, giving me the support I need.
• I use the following products of Yari’s Green Curls line quite religiously: Moisturizing Shampoo, Hydrating Conditioner, Deep Treatment Mask

Wellbeing

• Nidra Deep Rest Eye Mask with Nosepiece

Yoga

• Yogitri ECO Buddhi eye pillow with lavender-scented flax seed, used for savasana
• Yogitri ECO Pratyak bolster
• DoYourYoga half moon meditation pillow
• YogaTimer
• (I have an excellent mat that I’m trying to identify on the Internet)