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Alone in a crowd
There’s nothing like a large event to remind you that things can be totally different while remaining exactly the same.
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Performative Honesty
A retrospective on 2023 through the lens of genuine vs performative honesty, and looking ahead into a spiritual journey in…
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Vulnerable Is Brave
A 2022 Retrospective on my chosen words, written throughout the year. The result is looking forwards and backwards, while trying…
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Swearing At Trees
Accidentally finding myself on a cold, isolated trip to Northern Minnesota. My sincere apologies to any unsuspecting flora or fauna…
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Darkness & Light
Trigger Warning: Death. Memories. Pensive contemplation. Words.
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Belong To Yourself
Finding connection in an age of social isolation, and finding belonging through learning to stand alone.
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Fear, Uncertainty, and Determination
An introspection on entering the age of pandemics and social distancing.
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Giving Authentic Apologies
Exploring the act of the authentic apology by separating blame and intention from the validation and empathy of someone’s pain
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I Am Enough
I tackle what is probably my most emotionally and philosophically challenging news years post yet, as I dive deeply into…
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Being And Becoming
A belated, but not forgotten, New Years reflection post. This year, I remind myself to not only strive for a…
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Be Smart & Be Helpful: Success, Generosity, and the Business of People
The complete text from my WordCamp Minneapolis 2018 Keynote. I am honored to have been able to present this year…
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Grow Better Together
Another year, another New Years post, another chance to reflect on my life as it’s happened and map out a…
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Practice Positive Presence
It’s become a tradition for me to participate in New Year posts that call for self-reflection, but I almost didn’t write…
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An Exercise In Gratitude, or How To Train Your Demons
In which we reflect upon our use of Gratitude, Fear, and GIFs of dragons.
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The Question
This is not one of those posts where I pretend to have an answer. Today, dear reader, I come to…
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Quantifying the Pursuit of Happiness
I’ve spent a lot of time working on my experiential and physical health this year. The tech and creative industry (and…
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Hot Dish, Cool Summer: Chip & Dip Casserole
Sometimes I take a break from work to make up random recipes. Here’s an easy, flexible one that’s perfect for…
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How Do You Do It?
Over the past week, I was the lead organizer for WordCamp Minneapolis, where I gave three original workshop talks as…
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Friendship is
MagicComplicatedAs we struggle to find meaningful connections in a world where technology, society, and our own human nature work against…
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Doing The Work When You Just… Can’t
Have you heard of Spoon Theory? If you haven’t, I highly suggest you go read the article on Spoon Theory before…
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The Zen Of Chaos: Traveling Alone
Whether at 36,000ft or surrounded by 36,000 people, this is how I carve out space to reflect and connect.
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Front-End Valentines
Punny Valentines’ cards for the favorite Front-End Developer in your life, with link to the GitHub repository!
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Gitting Busy
The last couple months have been busy ones for me on Github, as I continue to complete and iterate on…
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Designers & Developers: You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
You never close your eyes anymore when your project ships, and there’s no tenderness in the code at your fingertips.…
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An Overachiever’s Guide To Laziness (And Vice Versa)
Struggling to deal with wanting to do everything when you don’t want to do anything. Or, how I learned to…
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Goal Setting From A Place Of Abundance
Realizing the need to let go of old fears and embrace a kinder form of motivation in order to grow,…
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My First Plugin: An Adventure In WordPress Admin Color Theming
On scratching an itch to build an admin color scheme plugin
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A Little Context (via HeroPress)
I wrote an essay for HeroPress that explores my creative backstory and how deeply WordPress is entangled with my personal…
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Doing With Purpose
I may not be a daily blogger (or weekly, or monthly for that matter) but as we cycle through the…
