gender I'm not a man I don't feel like a man. I don't want to be treated like one. I have been wanting to write this blog post for awhile. Am I "coming out of the closet"? Perhaps. Maybe someday. First I have to figure out the make and model of this closet I find
self 2020: Resolutions & Retrospectives Boy howdy. I don't know how to start this blog post, but I am excited to write it. I did not write one of these last year, and I felt guilty for the entire month of January. This year, I am going to adeptly skirt this guilt and write a
story Helplessness and Misery I recently left my job at Redbubble and have been trying to figure out what to do next with my life. I want to take a break from full-time employment and I have enough of a nest egg saved up that I should be able to do so. However, like
story 80% Time I was recently approved to work 80% time at my current employer, Redbubble, in return for a 20% pay cut. What this means is that I no longer work on Fridays for reduced pay. All other benefits stayed the same. While I was negotiating (more like asking) for 80% time,
self Selflessness: A Moral Imperative? In slightly different words than the title: "Does not being selfless make humans bad?" I stumbled upon this question a few months ago, and did my best to come up with an answer to it — which I have been sitting on ever since. I had recently read at
story Working at a Startup: A Retrospective I just finished my final week at a small FinTech startup in San Francisco, working as a Software Engineer. I was there for just about six months. This was my first experience with such a small company — 7 employees, including the founders — and I want to write down some of
self A Week This week has been really stressful for me. Nothing has changed, I have just felt a lot of stress. A lot of anxiety. A lot of pressure. I think it remains from spending several weeks biting off more than I can chew at work, while also deciding to leave my
self What Is Happiness? v24 My perspective on the idea of happiness has changed substantially in the last few months — particularly since moving to San Francisco. I want to explain what I have learned recently both to share, to explore, and encode the topic for myself. The title of this article is because I have
vegan My Vegan Story I have told this story dozens of times, but never in digital format for anyone to see. The purpose of this article is primarily to share my story. I will try to limit my preaching, but I will provide resources for those who are interested. So let us begin... A
self Exposing My Budget It always seems that I have lived on a smaller budget than my peers in my career field. I paid off all my student debt (~$15k) within 6 months of graduating (my parents contributed $5k). Less than a year after that, I had maxed out my 401k ($18k) and had
self My New Routine + Retrospectives How applying agile practices, such as retrospectives, to my life has allowed me to be more mindful and permissive with my time.
self Resolutions & Retrospectives It is Sunday, my new candidate for writing blog posts weekly, and it is also the last day of 2017. I tweeted my resolutions and I felt like I should go a little more in-depth on my blog. I also wanted to take a look back at 2017 and reflect
story A New Age of Loneliness A story about how loneliness has changed due to the invention of the internet.
self A Story, My Story Once upon a time, I was a teenager with ambitious goals. Goals that were not necessarily based in reality. However, I felt pretty invulnerable. At the time, it seemed like I could accomplish anything I set my mind to. It was not until my senior year of college that I
self Yeah but... Let's talk about overthinking. Let's talk about making a big deal out of things that are not one. Let's talk about paralysis analysis. If there is anything I am good at, it is thinking too much about a problem. Sometimes the problem does not even exist and I have conjured
self Mood, Inspiration, Family I returned to my hometown this weekend to help my father move some furniture out of storage and into a moving truck so that he can drive it down to his where he lives now: Austin, Texas. As it turns out, Thanksgiving is coming soon, so the rest of my
opinion On Purpose This article is not about intention, it is about purpose. I know so many people around me seek and struggle to seek purpose. In a world where there is so much pressure to find purpose, when many of us will soon be jobless — I think there cannot be enough articles
