How to style your surfaces like a designer

Plus, a hot take on the protein fad.

As a kid, I was obsessed with styling my surfaces. In my journal from fourth grade, I wrote about how I’d spent a Saturday “making my desk look pretty.” God, what a wholesome activity. And also maybe the first sign that this newsletter would exist?

Now, my surface styling is less “set up the Aladdin figurines in a visually pleasing configuration” and mor…