I think about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson a lot. Often, it’s because I’m thinking about how much I love the 2017 movie Baywatch (trust me, it’s excellent). But usually, I’m thinking about him as a professional. It seems like everything DJ touches turns to gold. His tequila brand, Teremana, sold over 600,000…
As I’m sure you’ve picked up on by now, I’m a bit of a runner. No—I am a runner. I don’t know why identifying as a runner is so hard for some of us. Some of the people I know who struggle with it have all sorts of reasons they…
Well, friends, it finally happened. After 453 consecutive days of getting at least 10,000 steps a day, I broke my streak. On Monday, I woke up with some sort of bug that knocked me on my ass. I probably got a total of 17 steps in, accrued over the handful…
As you might know, I usually write about things like productivity and time management; personal and professional growth; and (usually terrible) customer service. Something else I’m passionate about is health and fitness in general (okay, you may have guessed that), and specifically, health at every size; anti-diet culture; and combating…
Durham has had a series of very cold, and in some cases snowy, weekends, which has meant I’ve had a lot of time for one of my favorite indoor hobbies: puzzles! A few weeks ago, I opened up a box and noticed that a lot of pieces were still stuck…
I celebrated my birthday on Friday (it was lovely, thank you). I worked in the morning then took the afternoon off and went hiking. When my birthday falls on a weekday, I never take the day off. I always felt like taking your birthday off was a newish trend for…
A couple weeks ago, I received an email from the CDC Foundation letting me know that I did not get a job I interviewed for. I really appreciated them closing the loop, but the timing was odd: I interviewed for that job in June 2020. That’s right: one year and…
Patience is a virtue, yes. But it can also be detrimental to getting shit done. In many ways, I am a very patient person. Sometimes too patient. (My patience does not extend to myself and my goals, unfortunately, but that might be a topic for another post.) I’ll give you an…
It’s time for another Year in Review post. And, like last year, I want to acknowledge even small accomplishments because it was a hard year; in some ways, harder than 2020 because of the broken record-esque situation we’ve found ourselves in. But looking back, there’s a lot that I’m proud of,…
I’m interrupting my winter break from blogging to share a bit about an unexpected, unwanted Christmas gift I received: news a COVID exposure, and what happened next. Wednesday morning (12/22): Attempted to buy at-home COVID tests from the grocery store pharmacy, but they were out. They told me they get…
