🔎 In Focus

🔎 In Focus: Xi Bago

Longtime coffee professional Xi Bago shares what their journey has been like in coffee as a career barista. We also chat about mental health and their dog food side hustle.

Creative entrepreneurship comes with a hefty dose of imposter syndrome & loneliness

The pains of working by yourself, for yourself

Do you color outside the lines?

Getting used to the feeling of imperfection

Warning letter: Your job performance

A formal letter to my brain

Photo Essay: Columbus, Atlanta, Savannah

Some shots from my recent trip

There is some beauty in starting over

Wrestling with starting over instead of using what I already have

Traveling with intent

A counter to the viral article that tried to make a case against travel

The grass is sometimes greener on the other digital side

Some early thoughts on Threads and Bluesky

A reintroduction

Introducing myself and a refreshed tanjennts

Photo missive from Porto, Portugal

An update in photos from my first day in Porto.

Don't write for others

First, write for yourself. Then, write for others (if you want).

Trying out a new work schedule

A later wake-up time and later bedtime has been doing wonders for my mood and energy