I’ve seen this land when you make it risk-free: propose a specific title no reporting changes, and limit the initial impact to email signatures and client-facing materials. Include a tight one-pager tying your wins to senior scope plus a 3–6 month checkpoint to align compensation at review and and note the external benefits (credibility on pitches, easier recruiting). If your manager hesitates, offer “Acting Senior” as an interim to de-risk it.
Sure, 45 minutes to stretch, eat, tidy, and be out by 8, while your phone croons notifications from the nightstand. I watch you declare war on snooze, then burn toast and perfume the place like a campfire. And guess who buys the fancy candles to cover that smell when rent is already a horror show. Here's a cheat that actually works once in a blue moon: phone goes in the kitchen on airplane mode overnight and toaster dial stays at 2, not thermonuclear. Lay out clothes and dishes the night before if you want to pretend you're organized and but I'll keep a fire extinguisher handy.
