Archive: July 2010

Living A Better Story

The introvert in me lives on. After learning about Walden in school, I decided to start dreaming of residing in a simple home in the woods, growing a vegetable garden, and writing a book that changes the world for the better. However, my recent self-searching, part narcissistic and part really powerful, completely erases my Walden-inspired

Living A Better Story

The introvert in me lives on. After learning about Walden in school, I decided to start dreaming of residing in a simple home in the woods, growing a vegetable garden, and writing a book that changes the world for the better.However, my recent self-searching, part narcissistic and part really powerful, completely erases my Walden-inspired story.

Make the Yellow Brighter

I can’t remember the company but I remember the line from the commercial- We don’t make post-it notes; we just make the yellow brighter. I’ve been thinking about this in the context of my job but I think it has implications beyond 9-5. Most of the issues, situations, contexts, and moments that I experience, I

Make the Yellow Brighter

I can’t remember the company but I remember the line from the commercial- We don’t make post-it notes; we just make the yellow brighter. I’ve been thinking about this in the context of my job but I think it has implications beyond 9-5. Most of the issues, situations, contexts, and moments that I experience, I

Why Were You Not Hanna

I read so I can be smarter. I recently read an excerpt from Let Your Life Speak: Listening to the Voice of Vocation (2000). “There is a Hasidic tale that reveals, with amazing brevity, both the universal tendency to want to be someone else and the ultimate importance of becoming one’s self: Rabbi Zusya, when

Why Were You Not Hanna

I read so I can be smarter. I recently read an excerpt from Let Your Life Speak: Listening to the Voice of Vocation (2000). “There is a Hasidic tale that reveals, with amazing brevity, both the universal tendency to want to be someone else and the ultimate importance of becoming one’s self: Rabbi Zusya, when

10 Changes in 2 Years

Although I can admit that the past 2 years have been difficult, I can confidently write that I am thankful for them. Sitting sweaty palmed in my first interview I asked for a challenge. Weeks later, when I was offered the position about 562 challenges plopped into my lap. Hello challenges. The best part of

10 Changes in 2 Years

Although I can admit that the past 2 years have been difficult, I can confidently write that I am thankful for them. Sitting sweaty palmed in my first interview I asked for a challenge. Weeks later, when I was offered the position about 562 challenges plopped into my lap. Hello challenges. The best part of

Where’s Waldo

This photo is my version of Where’s Waldo. Except replace the word “Waldo” with “Hubble”. Look closely… our strange little dog is there…

Where’s Waldo

This photo is my version of Where’s Waldo. Except replace the word “Waldo” with “Hubble”. Look closely… our strange little dog is there…