In Praise of Long-Term and Short-Term Pursuits

I have been thinking about this for a while, so I decided it was time to share my reflections on … More

Fear of the Finish Line

It has been over a month and a half since I have written for the blog. My hibernation was for … More

It’s Monday and back to work after a long weekend. I took some days off from work and enjoyed a … More

Early in the summer, I visited a new friend and noticed new art on the walls, different pieces than what … More

I believe in synchronicity and that coincidences have meaning. I believe in signs. I also, after years of not listening … More

One of my favorite activities in elementary school was writing out a new weekly list of words, written on the … More

Sometimes it gets tricky with unstructured time. I have all these other things I want to do outside of work. … More

Recently, I got a lease renewal notice from my landlord taped to my door. I opened it, puzzled, because I … More

(This essay was inspired by Pablo Neruda’s Odes to Common Things, a book of poems dedicated to everything from a … More

In the late afternoon, well into the first day of my weekend, I feel overwhelmed and melancholy. My kitchen needs … More