challenge

  • Lit sparkles

    Maybe, I’m the firework

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    Thinking about my 2023 goals, and I think I may want to sing live again.  Yes, again. Singing has always been a part of my life. However, most people might not know that I trained as a vocalist in a performing arts…

  • Carrot roots

    Committed to distraction

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    The gods have offered a semblance of spring for the Northeast, which feels incredible this early in the year. It should anyway, but instead, it is a carrot that I can’t quite reach. So, I’m sitting at my desk with…

  • lazy cat on the beach with text

    Hell no, I’m too young to be a cougar

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    The stories people tell…  In this case, the storyteller was a 25-year-old client service agent at the luxury resort where I am staying. He sat down to chat after I ordered lunch, to tell me about the things I should…

  • Young woman wishing in nature
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    Living your truth: how to be brave

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    After nearly a decade working in tech, I wasn’t entirely surprised when AOL issued me a pink slip. In many ways, it was a relief–for all the time spent in those hallowed halls and on the Ploum couch in our marketing huddle, vast…