Spring 2027
Crashing Out of Work
c/o your inbox
A weekly letter on AI-attributed layoffs and burnout: who cut what, who blamed the machine for it, and what the people on the other end did next. A monthly data release you can cite.
The Crashing Out JournalWrite it down before you act on it.
A guided journal for the week your job, your feed and your rent all went sideways at once. 120 prompts, a log for every crashout, and pages you are allowed to tear out.
$16.99 · Preorders open November 15 · Ships December 1, 2026
What we believe
You're not overreacting. You're just paying attention.
- 01
It's not just you.
Work, money and technology changed faster than anyone could adjust. Feeling it is the sane response.
- 02
Name the cause.
Layoffs blamed on AI, rent, a reorg nobody explained. Saying exactly what happened takes some of its power away.
- 03
Write it down first.
The rant is allowed. It just goes on paper before it goes in the group chat, the inbox or the meeting.
- 04
Funny is allowed.
Laughing about it is not the same as not caring. Sometimes it is how you get through the week.
- 05
People are the hedge.
No machine can replace the friend who texts back. Find yours, and be one.
The first thing we're making
One journal. Five sections. Zero lectures.
Most journals ask how you're feeling. This one also asks what happened, who did it and what you're about to do about it. Then it gives you somewhere to put that before it costs you anything.
- 120 promptsShort, specific and a little funny. Written for the moment before the moment.
- The LogDate, trigger, a 1 to 10, and what you did instead. Patterns show up faster than you'd think.
- Rage pagesMade to rip out along the spine. Write it, rip it, recycle it.
- Five sectionsOne for each belief: not just you, name it, write it first, funny is allowed, find your people.
Paperback160 pages$16.99Signed copies only here
Prompt 001Try one
What are you about to do? Write it here first.
What you write stays in this browser. We never see it.
c/o you
Re: preorders open November 15
Hear first when preorders open.
What's next
The Journal goes first.
Then these.
Each one ships to its waitlist first. Join the ones you'd actually use; the lists decide what we build next.
Summer 2027
The Crashout Log
c/o your phone
The Journal's log in your pocket. One tap to log a crashout, the trigger and a 1 to 10. Days since your last one. Export it all to your Journal's log pages.
Holiday 2027
The burnout box
c/o someone who needs it
The Journal, a deck of ten-minute resets and a few small comforts, in a box you can send to a friend who is one email away.
Los Angeles, 2027
Crash Out Nights
c/o your night out
Phones go into pouches at the door. One live set, one prompt, one room of people who get it. Los Angeles first.
Later
The clothes are resting
c/o your closet
Drop 001 and Drop 002 are off the shelf while the Journal goes first. Apparel comes back as occasional drops for the list.
c/o your inbox
One prompt a week.
A short letter every Sunday with one prompt from the Journal, one thing worth knowing about work and AI that week, and first word on everything in the roadmap. No sponsors. Leave whenever.
c/o you, mostly
Sundays · free
We never sell your email. Privacy
Questions
Straight answers.
What does "crashing out" mean?
In everyday slang, crashing out is losing your composure when the pressure finally beats what you can hold. A rant, a meltdown, a send-all reply. We think a lot of people are closer to it than they let on, because work, money and technology changed faster than anyone could adjust.
What is The Crashing Out Journal?
A guided paperback journal with one premise: write it down before you act on it. It has 120 prompts in five sections, a Crashout Log for tracking what set you off and what you did instead, and tear-out pages for the things that should not be kept.
When can I get it?
Preorders open November 15, 2026, and the Journal ships December 1, 2026. Leave your email above and we will tell you the moment preorders open. Signed copies are sold only on this site.
Is this therapy?
No. It is a journal with a sense of humor, not medical or mental-health care, and it does not diagnose or treat anything. If you are struggling, talk to someone you trust or a professional. If you are in crisis in the US, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, any time.
Where did the clothes go?
Drop 001 and Drop 002 are off the shelf while the Journal goes first. The clothes come back as occasional drops for people on the list. Join the apparel waitlist in the roadmap and you will see them first.
Who is behind Crashing Out?
An independent label founded in 2025. No venture capital and no corporate sponsors. It is funded by the people who buy what it makes.
What does c/o stand for?
Crashing Out. It also reads "care of", the line on an envelope that says who is looking after the post. That is the job.