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Self-Awareness & EQ
Commutes, coffee, and other small daily moments that, looked at closely enough, turn into essays on attention, patience, and presence.
Self-Awareness & EQ
August 2026
The Left AirPod Never Fully Recovers
A broken AirPod that never fully repairs becomes the only honest metaphor I have for what's left of a marriage that ended without me noticing when.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
August 2026
The Blueprint You Didn't Write
I’m learning to replace old self-protective patterns—like dismissing praise—with kinder, more empowering beliefs I consciously rehearse
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Self-Awareness & EQ
July 2026
On the Escalator That Never Gets Fixed
Some mornings the machine is broken and I find out how much of the walking I was never actually doing.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
June 2026
The Arithmetic of More
I caught myself doing the quiet math of wanting more before I'd even opened my eyes.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
June 2026
The Man on the Other Side of the Sidewalk
I still can't explain why I decided, in half a second, that this stranger deserved my smile and another one didn't.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
May 2026
The Weight of Knowing
My barista remembers my order, and somehow that small fact keeps unraveling into something bigger about what it means to know anyone at all.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
April 2026
The Hair Situation
There's a ritual I perform every morning without thinking, and the day I finally noticed it, I couldn't stop.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
April 2026
The Art of Doing Nothing Important
I used to think my life needed a highlight reel until I noticed how much I actually love the unremarkable hours.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
April 2026
Badge In, Drift Out
I zipped my coat halfway this morning and realized that's exactly how much of myself I bring to work most days.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
April 2026
Almost, and Then Gone
A season that couldn't decide what it wanted to be got me thinking about everything in my life that almost happened.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
March 2026
The Morning the Toast Burned Twice
Nothing dramatic happened on the Sunday the toast burned twice, and that's exactly why I can't stop thinking about it.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
February 2026
Mercury Is in Retrograde, and So Is My Patience
I wanted to blame the planets for my short temper today, which tells you everything about how the week went.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
January 2026
Thoughts, Problems, and the Space Between
I'm learning, slowly and imperfectly, that peace isn't something I arrive at once and keep.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
September 2025
How to Be (Mostly) Okay
Some mornings my only real goal is getting to okay, and I've stopped apologizing for that.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
August 2025
The Age of Connected Disconnection
I reach for my phone before I've even opened my eyes, and I'm starting to wonder what that's costing me.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
January 2025
Life's Absurdities, One Therapy Quote at a Time
I got through another chaotic morning on caffeine and half-remembered therapy quotes, and somehow it worked.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
November 2024
Dopamine Effect
I keep chasing that same rush of anticipation, even though I already know how the letdown feels.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
October 2024
Through My Eyes
I sat and watched strangers pass by and couldn't stop wondering what today looks like through their eyes instead of mine.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
October 2024
The Many Myths of Perfect Living
I keep chasing the right olive oil, the right couch, the right everything, and calling it progress.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
October 2024
The Beautiful Absurdity of Waking Up
Every morning I negotiate with myself over getting out of bed, and I still haven't figured out who wins.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
September 2024
The Chaos of Now: Is It All in My Head?
It's 3am and my mind won't stop talking, so I decided to finally listen to what it's saying.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
August 2024
Navigating Daily Frustrations
One bad morning cascaded into another, and I'm still figuring out how much of that was actually about me.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
June 2024
Leashed by Technology: The Adventures of Elon the Human Pet
I imagined a future where AI decided humans needed adopting, and I laughed less than I expected to.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
May 2024
Adventures in Stupidity
I did something so avoidably dumb in a parking lot that I had no choice but to write about it.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
November 2023
Embracing the Present: A Simple Framework for Joyful Living
A bottle shattered on my kitchen floor and, oddly, pulled me straight back into the present moment.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
April 2023
Gold Medal in Overthinking
If overthinking were an Olympic sport, I'd have a shelf full of medals and no idea how I got there.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
May 2020
Let it go
I'm learning that holding on tightly to outcomes is the fastest way to miss what's actually happening.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
May 2016
Pause
I keep chasing outside approval when life has been telling me all along to look inward instead.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
August 2015
Conversation with Life
I keep trying to understand what "letting go" actually requires of me, moment
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Self-Awareness & EQ
July 2013
Zombies
I watched an entire train car of people stare at their phones and realized I probably looked exactly the same.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
August 2012
Tap Tap Tap
I caught myself updating my status again before I'd even decided if anything worth saying had happened.
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Self-Awareness & EQ
August 2012
Two Worlds
My son and I sit two feet apart, him in a video game and me in the stock market, and neither of us is really looking up.
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