
Doing the dishes is a daily chore. And precisely because of that, sponges hide a quiet but significant source of stress.

When you're writing prose, or writing code. You suddenly take your hands off the keyboard and grab the mouse just to move the cursor.

There's a contradiction many people face after buying a robot vacuum: "In order to let the robot run, I have to move things off the floor and rearrange the...

Your eyes feel gritty after long hours at the desk. Text gets harder to read once evening rolls around. You know the room's overhead light isn't enough...
"Why can't the steak I cook at home ever match what they serve at restaurants?" "I want to eat healthy chicken breast, but it's always so dry it gets stuck...

The aching ears from cramming earbuds in all day for web meetings. The anxiety of not hearing a car coming up behind you while running.
You want to finish work faster. With that in mind, you try to memorize the shortcut keys for Excel or Photoshop...
A night at home after a long day of work. You end the day watching YouTube on your tiny smartphone screen, or a movie on your tablet.

You'll happily drop 200,000 or 300,000 yen on a PC, yet somehow settle for whatever mouse came in the box, or grab the cheapest one off the bargain bin.

That 150-yen coffee you grab at the convenience store every morning before work. Or that 500-yen latte you order at a café after lunch.

That video you shot while walking around on your trip. When you watch it back later, the screen is shaking so badly it almost makes you motion sick...

A rainy night, standing in front of your door with shopping bags in both hands. You fumble through your bag, find the cold key, slide it into the lock...