The Heartbreak of Being Yourself
I was half-way through Cal Newport’s New Yorker article “Why Are So Many Knowledge Workers Quitting?” when this video interrupted the text and stopped me in my tracks. A Gay […]
Tag Archives: depression
Finding your Passion
Colleague, Christa Bedwin, interviewed me a while back about finding passion. The interview turned into a chat. The video is a whopping 13 minutes but we touch on some nitty […]
Money, Identity, and Integrity
My creditors and I divorced in 2014. I prefer to say that I “divorced” rather than “I filed for bankruptcy” because of the societal stigma involved in stating the latter. […]
Stories from the Field: The Long Dark Teatime of the Ovaries
There are days when Yvonne rages. She actively seeks out reasons to violently ram her cheap but quickly-moving vehicle into a slower-moving vehicle. She imagines the rush of *finally* breaking […]
Depression and Truth
How do you write a post on depression without it being…well, depressing? Do you write in a hopeful and light-hearted manner and trust that you aren’t belittling the situation, or […]
The Reluctant Archaeologist 