The SXSW festival (sxsw.com) just finished. Every year, the festival brings innovators, rising stars, and big names across several industries to have those crucial conversations about the state of society, emerging trends, and ideals. People who created history, discuss their ideas for what the future should/will look like. This year, some of the most recognized …
Yes, you’ve read correctly. I’ve become a redundancy. Well, it wasn’t the way she phrased it, but the message was there. Even though I had excelled at my role, the organization determined they could cut costs by eliminating my position. We had some form of a, “It’s not you, it’s us” discussion and decided to …
Someone (alias provided to protect his reputation) farted on me today while sleeping. It’s normal. I get it. We all fart. So… why did I go through a see-saw of emotions while weighing the options of bringing it up in my head? The fart lasted less than minute. I ran through whether to bring it up for …
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Write pages. Write to better understand yourself and the world around you. The wisdom is conventional enough, although I’m not sure if its celebrity has grown the phrase to cliché status yet. I’ve held a life-long struggle with writing. Many thoughts pass through my head on any given day. Thoughts that would surely convict me, …
You know how you “just know” something, even if you can’t prove it? Some call it the sixth sense. Women for years have called it intuition. As a reasonable, logical person (at least that’s what I tell myself), I tend to lean toward rationality and science. Proof and numbers provide me solace from the murkiness …
Dobby came across my Facebook feed. Big scared eyes, a tiny brown chocolate chi. She was on the euthanasia list. She had a lot of interest, but of everyone she met, none would take her. How does perfection get passed over? She’s absolutely beautiful. A chocolate purebred chi with the softest fur. My mother wanted …