I recently reread The Glass Castle because it's just so damn good. In it, Jeannette Walls talks about how her mom doesn't want to trade her freedom for stability as most adults end up doing. For the past week, I have been thinking about that. About freedom and stability and whether they are both mutually... Continue Reading →
Are you ready…
Football is nearly here! Fantasy football draft #1 tonight!
The itch
Seven years ago:Today:
Listen
I have had a lot of jobs. I've loved a few of them. But none of them have compared to where I work now. On Fridays at 4pm, we stop working, grab a beer out of the fridge and a plate of snacks and head into our unfinished ping pong area. We play or watch... Continue Reading →
in memory
Yesterday, a dear friend lost a dear friend. Anni is one of my very best friends from college. Chad was a very good friend of her's. Read the article about Chad RogersAnni, Patrick and I stopped at Chad's house ten years ago on a road trip. He was funny and kind and charismatic and hospitable.... Continue Reading →
Smooth stones
Rebecca said, "Look at the pebbles in the bottom of the pool, Miss Emily, so round and smooth and shining." "Yes, but where did they get that beautiful polish, that satin skin, that lovely shape, Rebecca? Not in the still pool lying on the sands. It was never there that their angles were rubbed off... Continue Reading →
Long-term goals
I just want to briefly share with you a response I received from an interview question recently: What are your long-term career goals? I want to be successful - to me, that means being able to provide and go home every day and be happy with my day's work. I don't want an extravagant life,... Continue Reading →
Routine
Since I was five, my family lived in the same house. We went to the same church. For ten years, I was homeschooled - doing my school work at the same table. We had mostly the same neighbors with only a few variances as people got divorced or moved out of town. My parents even... Continue Reading →
light
Be light. There is enough darkness. Be helpful. There are enough people who aren't. Be kind. There are plenty of people who think only of themselves. Be positive. People will flock to that. Like moths to a flame. Finding a way out of the darkness by that one small, yet powerful light source. I have been surrounded by darkness... Continue Reading →
Chasing success
I'm 30 years old. 30 fucking years old. And I still have no idea what I'm doing. How long does it take to figure life out? A lifetime? It seems that once people get everything sorted out, their best years are behind them. But maybe that's the beauty of life - an endless cycle of... Continue Reading →
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