When I think of the word, “pivot,” I think of three very specific things: And then I think of one general thing, and that’s the use of the word in terms of business decisions and career changes. Different from course-correcting, which to me means more like little changes to refine…
2025: What a ride. Pretty much all year, whenever someone would ask me how I was doing, the answer was always something along the lines of, “micro: pretty good; macro: not so great.” There’s a lot going on in the world, and I’m doing my best to stay informed and…
Part One: The Glow Up It was 2015. I had just finished my masters degree, an intense two-year executive program that I did while working full time. Somewhere along the way, I had sneakily gained a lot of weight and a couple sizes. I was 30 years old, and I…
If you’re anything like me, the “leverage AI” chatter on LinkedIn, in professional newsletters, and even in my non-work life is very loud. But there’s another contingent, getting increasingly louder, that’s saying not to use it because of the water it uses for training of large models and cooling data…
I turned 40 last month! Last year around my birthday I published a list of life truths that I had learned (mostly the hard way). Over the past year, I’ve taken note of a few more (starting with #20). Here’s my updated list: Here’s to learning more lessons at 40!
Over the summer, one of our neighbors put out a dog bowl and a sign that read something along the lines of: Water bowl for dogs!Refilled at 7am, noon, and 5pm! There was another doggy watering hole in the neighborhood, but it was quite a bit farther away than this…
Well, friends, we did it. It can be tempting to jump right in to setting goals and making plans for 2025, but I truly believe that taking the time to reflect on the year prior is so important. For me, reflecting on last year’s accomplishments can give me a boost…
Holiday shopping is in full swing! Since I put way more stock in personal recommendations (and Wirecutter reviews) than pay-to-play gift guides, I want to share a list of things that I actually use and love in case you see something that might work for whoever’s on your list. Home…
The 4-hour, 270-mile drive from Durham to Sylva has two acts. Act I, from Durham to our lunch and bathroom stop in Hickory, is fast-paced, heavily-trafficked, and goes through Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and Statesville. The mountains come into view soon after Act II begins and quickly becomes a beautiful drive through the mountains….
A few years ago, my late father-in-law, Jim, started doing something new. Whenever he would introduce me—to his friends, neighbors, the front desk and maintenance people at his and my mother-in-law’s apartment on the Jersey shore—he would introduce me as his daughter. At first, I would correct him, adding “in…
