Even though I have believed in some sort of higher power all of my life, the naming has shifted over the years. “God” was the most dominant, beginning with the moment I accepted Jesus as my Savior at five or six years old. It was during my twenties when my…

Precision It’s been just over six weeks since I started my (most recent) fitness journey. One where I, thankfully, have a trainer rooting me on. While I’ve often been active, whether doing the occasional cardio session or playing tennis, this is the longest I’ve ever been consistent in working toward the…

Shaping To shape is to give a particular form or shape to, according to Webster. To modify. To determine or direct the course or character of. How do we go about shaping our lives? …

I couldn’t make it. The force of hesitation (or exhaustion?) was too strong. Go to the event where I could potentially make friends? Go to the film that might spark something in me? Or stay at home? The home where I was at all day. Working. Working out. Eating. Sleeping…

I’m not an optimist by default. I bend toward and find a deep sense of familiarity with melancholy, even though it also traps me in pain. It’s a few weeks after the end of my two year relationship with a wonderful guy. The pain of heartbreak is enough on its…

I’m 33 and it feels too late to start over. — The window for choosing a specific profession, pathway, or “career” is narrowing. Time’s running out. I’m missing my chance to carve out a unique path for myself. Even though I intellectually know many people make career leaps and have breakthroughs later in life, lately, I’ve felt more like this: …

I’m a Progressive. I’m a Millennial. I’ve moved further from so-called red America over the last 10 years. I was in Washington, DC for one year. Chicago for six year. Now coming up on three years in New York. It’s a few days after the 2018 midterm elections and I’m…

Before social media sites came into existence, allowing everyone to publish their every little thought about any event that happens around the world, I thought very little about what, say, a Utah Republican named Bob thought about abortion, immigration, or former President Barack Obama. Sure, I knew in theory that…

The Supreme Court narrowly decides the presidency. A morning of destruction and death on 9/11. The march toward a decade of war. A depression-like economic collapse in 2008. The Tea Party. Occupy Wall Street. The ugliest of presidential campaigns in 2016. An awakened generation of protestors in 2017. The first…