The one where I take a moment to re-set my expectations of myself and use my time more wisely.
Regenerative Practice and Cognitive Reappraisal
Re-Calibrating (A Quick Scribble)
Self-knowledge is moot if it is not practicable.
We’ve Reached Our “Time Jump” Season. Now What?
There's a popular convention in serialized fictional media (television, comic books, etc.) that has been on my mind for several weeks, perhaps because (allegedly) we are gradually approaching the conclusion of the long COVID-19 saga that has gripped the world for almost a year as of today's writing.
Discovering the Sublime Joy of Solitude
Many months ago, I was leaving a party held at a home in some exclusive and wealthy neighborhood whose name I cannot remember after a night of uncomfortably pounding seltzer waters and trying to conjure up a modest sum of charm from a well that had long gone dry. I remember the feeling clearly. I'd …
Dear Friends: I Urge You to Cast Your Ballot
Notes from the week of 4/10/2020. I have little to say that of any significance, except this: I hope you will take the time to vote in the upcoming election... by mail, at an early voting site, or (if you can do so safely) at a polling location on November 3rd. I urge you to …
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Notes on Grieving: This is What I Have; It Will Have to Be Enough
How do I feel? How do I really feel? In the hours, days and weeks since my father passed, I've found that—perhaps for the first time in my life—I don't really have the precise words to describe what I'm feeling. I thought I might know what is transpiring in my heart and mind—at least before …
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What I’m Using to Help My Skin Survive Summer Heat, Mask-Irritation and Never-Ending Stress
Here's a brief dispatch on things I'm doing to keep well while the world burns. TW: Very annoying privilege, and a lot of product placement.
Another Word, Another Blunder: Speaking as a Process of Breaking and Recreation
If it is true that to speak is to blunder, then, despite my great desire to quit tripping, to stop breaking things and crashing into walls, the fact is that I cannot hold myself back from indulging in the thrill of exploring the aftermath of the crashes. I can’t stop pointing out new scars and bruises and saying, “And here is what I learned from that.”
Signal Versus Noise: Choose Data That Does Work in Your Communications Practice
In an increasingly data-driven world, how do you determine which data points are key performance indicators for your clients or organizations? Let's briefly discuss.
A Counter Perspective On Disrupting Centers of Commerce Amidst Protest
You see a building owned by an international corporation that pays meager wages and seeks to nickel-and-dime its employees at every turn and think, "Why? Why do these people act like savages? Why do they destroy their community." Perhaps it won't be a popular thing to say, but this is an understandable reaction from some …
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A Language of Being 