Big swings or little blips
On grand gestures of change
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Filling my time with volunteer hours
A letter to paid subscribers on my recent volunteering and full-circle moments. And some goat photos!
Highly Sensitive Person revelation
A 3rd [slightly] unhinged, drastically redesigned draft of a magazine-like tanjennts.
Some notes from Virginia
A letter to paid subscribers about my short time in Virginia
Vision boarding
A 2nd [slightly] unhinged, drastically redesigned draft of a magazine-like tanjennts.
Tracking time & trying a new thing
A letter for paid subscribers
A new produce experience
A [slightly] unhinged, drastically redesigned draft of a magazine-like tanjennts.
At a crossroads
A letter to paid subscribers, plus two newsletters I admire
A little stuck
Feeling a little like I have writer's block
Photo Essay: Flowers & Japanese Tea Garden
For paid subscribers: Some photos from a quick adventure in the garden
The power of observation
Before acting
How I organized my system
Going into the weeds of my brain.
13th freelance-versary
Sharing the monthly highlights from my 13th year
The tone
A letter to paid subscribers about an interaction I had at Expo
The optics could’ve been better
The optics could’ve been better I used to be confused by the reference to “optics” in phrases. It felt like yet another circular logic corporate-speak word. But I get it now and the word kept popping in my head throughout Expo weekend. For many things, the optics could’ve
On momentum
Shedding, sustaining, and gaining—a letter for paid subscribers
Day jobs
Are they worth having?
How rituals ground us
(*me, how they grounded me)
Coffee moments in Taiwan
An essay of words & photos from my trip
🔎 In Focus
🔎 In Focus: Brit Alexandria, Part 2
"I am not a monolith. I'm not telling you this is how you have to treat disabled baristas. We are all different. So accept that there are things that I won't know because I don't know everyone on your staff."
🔎 In Focus: Interview with barista, writer, and advocate Brit Alexandria
We talk about being a barista, coffee hot takes, endometriosis, and their creative writing practice.
freelancing
Finding the right sounding boards
Never ask a friend for business decision advice if that person is not a business owner themselves.
Embrace your weirdness and what makes you, you
Essay on how having hobbies have helped me
freelancing
My favorite & least favorite parts of being self-employed are the same
Having the freedom to do anything comes with a set of risks + a freebie mastermind group framework! (For paid subscribers)