One of the things – in the last decade or so, I don’t know – that’s become really popular is asking people what advice would you give to your younger self. I’ve never understood that question, and furthermore, I’ve grown…
Getting Out The House: Day Trip to South Central LA
Writing can be such a solitary pursuit, trapping you in the limitlessness of your mind, isolating you from the outside world and all that’s in it. And with this Coronavirus mess still raging on, that’s all the more reason to…
How I’m Adjusting to My New Role
All my life I been a worker (Okay, not all my life, just the part of my life that I’ve had a job. But I just wanted to start this post off kinda like Sophia from The Color Purple: “All…
Writing Anxiety
It’s been hard for me to write lately ya’ll. Not because I don’t have anything to say. Not because I don’t have a ton of ideas, but because I’ve been afraid I don’t have the finesse to communicate them in…
Will the Real Artwork Please Stand Up
Some of you may be wondering why the painting leaning against the wall on top of my file cabinet from my previous post was still shrouded in bubble wrap. Well, it’s a great story. So come closer, lend me your…
What Went Right with My File Cabinet Makeover Gone Wrong
I love organization even though I can be quite messy – just another irony in my oft paradoxical life. As such, I’ve been wanting a file cabinet for quite some time, because I’m a bit of a document hoarder as…