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2020: Resolutions & Retrospectives
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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

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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

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    Nick Pierson
3 min read
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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

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    Nick Pierson
5 min read
Selflessness: A Moral Imperative?
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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

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2 min read
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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

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5 min read
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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

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    Nick Pierson
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What Is Happiness? v24
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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,

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    Nick Pierson
2 min read
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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

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    Nick Pierson
5 min read
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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

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    Nick Pierson
4 min read
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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.

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    Nick Pierson
6 min read
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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

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    Nick Pierson
3 min read
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A New Age of Loneliness

A story about how loneliness has changed due to the invention of the internet.

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    Nick Pierson
5 min read
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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

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    Nick Pierson
8 min read
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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

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    Nick Pierson
2 min read
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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

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    Nick Pierson
3 min read
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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

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    Nick Pierson
2 min read
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