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We need to get back to reading and critical thinking
Because 2024 feels different from 2016.
Nov 13, 2024 • 
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We need to get back to reading and critical thinking
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How is anyone affording life right now?
This week I talk about money, because the only way I was able to leave my career was to change my relationship with it.
Feb 21, 2024 • 
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How is anyone affording life right now?
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Can we talk about this horrendous job market?
Employment in your 50s is a wild ride—but so is starting out as a recent college graduate. Sometimes, we're even competing for the same jobs.
Feb 12
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Can we talk about this horrendous job market?
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The complexities of grief
Dispatches from the art studio (aka my couch), the symbolism of peonies, and examining the complexities of my grief for my father.
May 22, 2024 • 
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The complexities of grief
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On quitting and returning to art 32 years later
Did I peak as an artist in high school? Stories from an art school dropout Ep 3.
Dec 6, 2023 • 
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On quitting and returning to art 32 years later
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I'm not ready to embrace my grays
Another year around the sun, and another year of hair dye.
Apr 17, 2024 • 
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I'm not ready to embrace my grays
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Anticipatory nostalgia: missing the present when it's not yet lost
Past lives, the what ifs, and all the versions of nostalgia at once
Feb 14, 2024 • 
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Anticipatory nostalgia: missing the present when it's not yet lost
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Raising biracial kids as a 1.5 generation American
The liminal state of being an immigrant
Jan 24, 2024 • 
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Raising biracial kids as a 1.5 generation American
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Leaving Instagram, and a newsletter about writing newsletters
It's okay if we outgrow the apps we've been using for years.
Feb 28, 2024 • 
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Leaving Instagram, and a newsletter about writing newsletters
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The importance of documenting your life
Losing my memory is one of my greatest fears.
Dec 20, 2023 • 
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The importance of documenting your life
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A letter to my brother, ten years later
Siblings are the forgotten mourners.
May 29, 2024 • 
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A letter to my brother, ten years later
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An end to a career
Saying goodbye to a 25+ year career and giving myself permission to follow my curiosity.
Nov 15, 2023 • 
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An end to a career
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