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Dropping the ball

I had a very clear idea for tonight's post in my head (it was there throughout the whole day too) but I can't for the life of me remember what it was. It's been a really long week. I was in bed just now

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Cortes was 33

Stream of consciousness-type thinking while on a walk today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I feel like it's too fucking late for me to do anything cool and I'm trying to forgive myself for not being current me when I was 15. I wasn't too old to nomad

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Conquer or Die

A little while before Cortés conquered the Aztec empire, he was having one hell of a bad day. His men all wanted to quit and go home. Thirty of them had died of tropical diseases, and the rest would rather take a nap than take over. Turn back. It'

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Classic novels are secret weapons

I'm reading Winter of Our Discontent by Steinbeck. It sounded very 2020; couldn't resist! 😉 I wanted to take a break from business books, and since 1984 was so damn good, I'm reading more novels by classic authors. What's fascinating is it'

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She never made it to NYC

Someone I know recently passed away. Two years ago she made a decision, having been in a loveless marriage for decades, in a boring town she didn't care for. She was finally going to divorce her cold, unfeeling husband, move to NYC and finally be free! A week

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Austin.

I'm in Austin for a good while. I went to high school here, and briefly returned when I was 23 (for like 4 months), and haven't been back since. All my HS friends told me, "Austin has changed! It's no longer weird! Its

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How I've been getting clarity lately

Have you ever noticed that it's common for a person to try really hard in a relationship shortly before breaking it off? They aren't sure why the relationship is failing. So they give it their all, because if they're 100% invested and they still

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Let the footsteps follow the path

Earlier today I posted about... does it matter? You didn't read it. I'm not surprised- you aren't the right audience (and I adore you for that). So why did I post it and promote it? It started as a talk at my job, and

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1984

I wrote a review about how 1984 related to today's society, but I unpublished it because I was scared of getting canceled. It expressed many thoughts and opinions that don't align to the popular views that almost all of my friends hold. But that's

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Girls just want to have fun

"In August, I just want to have fun. I want to live a little! Not have an agenda for everything," I said to my bestie as we dined on a Denver patio. She smiled. "I hope so! It's been so long since you've

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The Emptiness of Content Marketing

I keep thinking about an IRL conversation I had with a twitter friend in Boise. We were talking about our content that had gone viral and breaking down potential formulas for success. But the more we talked about it, the more reticent both of us became to wanting to continue

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'Untamed' and the search for Wild

I recently read 'Untamed' by Glennon Doyle. Their description: "Glennon decided to quit abandoning herself and to instead abandon the world's expectations of her." My description: It's a story about a woman who leaves a very 'acceptable' life (a good