Tomorrow I start my new job, in a new place, and in the middle of downtown Seattle. I am by myself on the opposite corner of the country from my hometown. This place feels notably different from the last few places I have worked. For one, I am right near downtown and I am starting... Continue Reading →
For Those Days That Feel Like A Constant Struggle, I Embrace You
Some days are a struggle to wake up and even get out of bed. It would be so easy to give in and sleep all day or mindlessly wander through a sea of distractions until bedtime. When I wake up this way, every action feels ten times harder. It’s like I can feel the weight... Continue Reading →
Learning Lessons and Finding Encouragement in Failure
When things don’t go as expected, we tend to think we failed at something and we can easily be subdued by burdensome feelings of defeat. We have a choice in those moments, to accept the experience as a valuable lesson and move through it or to be overcome by loathing. It’s pertinent now more than... Continue Reading →
Decommissioning Auto-Pilot Mentality
Routine and stagnation can be the bitter enemies of progress and self-development. I was talking to someone recently who had just moved to Denver also. They talked about how they had been in the same place at the same job for over a decade. Their days were cemented in repetition. They were deeply unsatisfied... Continue Reading →