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“You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.”

— Fred Rogers

At 13,000 feet, I learned that there’s no such thing as being 100% prepared.  I felt the fear and did it anyway, a lesson I aim to carry always.

At 13,000 feet, I learned that there’s no such thing as being 100% prepared.
I felt the fear and did it anyway, a lesson I aim to carry always.

Favorite...

Digital Tools.

  • Jazz playlist (for sanity)

  • Canva (for visuals)

  • Slack (for less email)

  • Twitter (for ideas + for better or worse)

Analog Tools.

  • Leuchtturm1917 Notebooks (dotted)

  • Sharpie Pens & Pilot Precise V5s

  • Giant whiteboard

  • Hardwood floor for pacing back & forth

Hot Takes.

  • No bananas.

  • Always wear socks to bed.

  • Brownies = best dessert of all time.

  • Sunscreen (even when the sun is hiding).

Recent + Current Reads.

  1. Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie

  2. There, There - Tommy Orange

  3. Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens

  4. Exit West - Mohsin Hamid

All-Time Reads.

  1. We Need New Names - NoViolet Bulawayo

  2. I Know This Much Is True - Wally Lamb

  3. Salt - Nayyirah Waheed

  4. The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri

Writer Reads.

  1. Bird by Bird - Anne Lamott

  2. Stanford Social Innovation Review

  3. Dear Sugar column

  4. Create Dangerously - Edwidge Danticat

Dog Aunty Available for Hire.

Artist: Libby VanderPloeg

Artist: Libby VanderPloeg

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