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    The Joy Lab

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    The Joy Lab

    Inspiration from my Target sweatpants. Keep reading "The Joy Lab"

    Small Kindnesses

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    Small Kindnesses

    I’m reading through old posts I started drafting but never finished. Some of them contain only titles and subtitles; thoughts I wanted to come back to but never did. (I’m briefly disturbed by one post I apparently started writing on the eve of my 28th birthday, as I’m now 30… Keep reading "Small Kindnesses"

    Ask A Flower

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    Ask A Flower

    Inspired by a bumper sticker I saw the other day that said, “Ask A Flower.” Keep reading "Ask A Flower"

    The Best Books I Read in 2022

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    The Best Books I Read in 2022

    Last year I wrote a list of The Best Books I Read in 2021. I also shared my aspiration to move away from using Goodreads to track and share my reading but unfortunately the network effect made that difficult … so here’s My Goodreads Year in Books. Without further ado:… Keep reading "The Best Books I Read in 2022"

    Reflections on Love After Five Years and Four Months of Marriage

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    Reflections on Love After Five Years and Four Months of Marriage

    Field Notes: Monday Sunset at Buena Vista Park

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    Field Notes: Monday Sunset at Buena Vista Park

    [Field notes = real-time ramblings that I’m typing out on my phone and/or scribbling in a notebook. Not edited for clarity or typos or punctuation … or any semblance of coherence, really.] I look up from the never-ending flurry of Slack messages to which I’ve been responding and notice it’s… Keep reading "Field Notes: Monday Sunset at Buena Vista Park"

    Leaving room for wonder

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    Leaving room for wonder

    After weeks of waking up to dense San Francisco fog, this morning’s sunshine is … hitting different. I go for a short walk before my 8am meeting to bask in the delicious morning light (and stop to take the above photos). I am in such a good mood that I… Keep reading "Leaving room for wonder"

    Burnt toast

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    Burnt toast

    This morning, in my stubborn refusal to do anything work-related before 7am, I’m reading through old journal entries. I come across one I wrote at our place in Berkeley in June of last year: I’m sitting on the couch reading and the delicious smell of something cooking wafts through the… Keep reading "Burnt toast"

    “Why do I have so many thoughts, they are driving me crazy.”

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    “Why do I have so many thoughts, they are driving me crazy.”

    The latest in my series of “Little Things.” 1. I’m going to start this list with a big little thing (both physically and metaphorically) … WHALES! The most success I’ve had seeing whales was two years ago off the coast of Mendocino, and since then I’ve tried multiple times in… Keep reading "“Why do I have so many thoughts, they are driving me crazy.”"

    thoughts & pictures from my morning commute

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    thoughts & pictures from my morning commute

    Working Forwards

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    Working Forwards

    Yesterday I received an email reminder from my company that it was “time for Quarterly Check-Ins with your manager.” I let out an audible groan, despite being the only person in my house. Time to get asked, yet again, what my career goals are! (Spoiler alert for my manager: I… Keep reading "Working Forwards"

    insignificant moments / dipping into the ~archives~

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    insignificant moments / dipping into the ~archives~

    “Life is a collection of moments.”– Someone’s Instagram caption, probably, paired with a picture of the back of their head as they look out onto a teal blue sea. Or, a message embroidered on a pillow in a suburban mom’s house that is being meme’d by their teenage daughter on… Keep reading "insignificant moments / dipping into the ~archives~"

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