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Alex Garoffolo

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Travel Memoirs

I Didn’t Feel American Until I Traveled

On pastries, prejudice, and pretending to be Canadian

6d ago

A large, dark bronze statue of a cat stands on a sidewalk. Behind the cat is a man on a bicycle and on the other side of the street are yellow stone apartment buildings.

6d ago

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Psychology of Workplaces

Why Nobody Wants to Work With You

The feedback that changed my professional life

Jun 30

Why Nobody Wants to Work With You

Jun 30

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New Writers Welcome

The Gospel of Bad Cinema

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the cinematic dumpster fire

Jun 20

The Gospel of Bad Cinema

Jun 20

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The Haven

Grammar Is Dead, Long Live Whatever This Is (Maybe?)

A eulogy in two-ish parts

Jun 17

Grammar Is Dead, Long Live Whatever This Is (Maybe?)

Jun 17

Published in

Human Parts

A Life on the Lanes

What a high school job in a bowling alley taught me about life, people, pressure, and pinsetters

Jun 4

A Life on the Lanes

Jun 4

Published in

Financial Strategy

Your School Owes You a Refund

Crucial money lessons that should have been mandatory (and how to master them now)

May 28

A glass jar of coins tipped over on the desk with the coins spilling out of it.

May 28

Published in

Life Without Children

Why I’m Saying No to Spending $419,000 on Raising a Child

And ultimately saying “yes” to living life

May 23

A couple sit on their bench and look at the water. Their dog sits between their legs.

May 23

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The Bigger Picture

Nostalgia for a Time I Never Knew

What it’s like to yearn for a past you only experience secondhand

May 16

Nostalgia for a Time I Never Knew

May 16

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The Narrative Arc

An Ode to the Dive Bar

Cheap drinks, sticky floors, and the last place that feels real

May 13

beer pulls at a pub.

May 13

The Hypocrisy of Physical Fitness in America

We worship athletes, but we should really be praying for ourselves.

May 9

The Hypocrisy of Physical Fitness in America

May 9

Alex Garoffolo

Alex Garoffolo

Cracking jokes while the world burns. Occasionally caustic, mostly sincere. Still curious. Still hopeful. alexgaroffolo.medium.com/subscribe

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