Feb 16The Opposite of AnxietyWhat I learned about my anxiety from a season without it — I’ve come to think of anxiety management as keeping my head above water. I tread in a wide ocean, my arms and legs working without end, muscles burning, the threat of dark waters just below my feet. …Anxiety4 min readAnxiety4 min read
Jun 27, 2020Silent HurricanesA note on depression — I’ve barely written for the past year and a half. Every time I start to type or put pen to paper, the words and stories that spill out are sad or angry or hopeless. I don’t want to feel this way, and it isn’t the attitude I want to project…Mental Health3 min readMental Health3 min read
Nov 4, 2018October New YearAutumn signals when old things must die so new things may grow. So I left my job. — October is my New Year. Autumn’s first crisp morning brings an awakening that midwinter celebrations and golden glitter confetti don’t provide. It’s a slow countdown to October’s New Year: Five The smell of school supplies, supple pencils and reams of ruled paper, wafts through every store. Four Summer’s humidity dissipates…Autumn3 min readAutumn3 min read
Published in The Future of Work·Dec 10, 2017The Great In-BetweenNavigating post grad. — Post grad feels like an in-between in life — a blank canvas of possibility before family and mortgages arrive in some fuzzy far-off future. There is hope in this wide expanse of 20-something years for new cities and challenging work and interesting people. The expanse can also remain a quiet…Millennials5 min readMillennials5 min read
