Hi there, I’m Corey McComb and I write The Temperature Check. It’s my weekly(ish) newsletter where I publish essays on life and writing, answer questions, and shout into the void. Paid subscribers get access to my short fiction and a behind-the-page look at process and strategy.

I've been writing and sharing creative work online since 2015. I published my first book, Productivity Is For Robots, in 2020. It’s about unlearning the hustle and grind dogma of “productivity at all costs” and realigning with what it means to be human. It’s been a #1 bestseller on Amazon and I’m really proud of it.

If you’re not sure you want to pay for The Temperature Check, try out a free subscription. My goal is to seduce you slowly. Soon enough, you’ll think paying for it was your idea all along. I’ll do my best not to jam up your inbox, but the minute you’ve had enough, feel free to unsubscribe. No hard feelings (I’ll cry for weeks if you do).

Here are a few essays to give you a sense of the tone of The Temperature Check:

What You Bring Into A Room

Burnt Tongues And Lamenfieber!

If It Flies It Spies

I also did a TEDx Talk back in 2021. It’s a great place to start:

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Author of ‘Productivity Is For Robots’ | Essays, short stories, and unsettling ideas on what it means to be alive.