In the course of any stint at a job, perhaps it’s rare to experience the ultimate test of your abilities, to face a reckoning so demanding and monumental that every possible accomplishment thereafter would pale in comparison. In this crucible, failing to recognize the moment as the act of summiting is forgivable. Failing to consider the implications after time has provided perspective, however, is not… Read more...
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…the week away confirmed the importance of momentum in making a career break. Allowing myself to get sucked back in almost laid waste to the mental architecture I’ve built up in the last nine months. But it still stands, and there’s no clearer sign I’m on the right path… Read more...
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…I was filled with a startling hope. That when it came time to clean out my mental garage, when it came time to discard all of the thoughts and worries and fears associated with my current position, I would notice the details of the life around me that had gone ignored and unseen for so long… Read more...
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…vision is a temperamental and tenuous thing, like a dandelion gone to seed buffeted by spring winds. It is vulnerable to the slightest setback (i.e., head full of bodywash) and barest breath of doubt from the lizard brain. Without vision, we are off the map in no-man’s land. Our goals recede into nothingness and we unerringly return to the routine, trodden path… Read more...
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The first world is afflicted by a mortifying disease of the heart. The transition to the professional world is fraught with a host of treacherous negative emotions: discontent, uncertainty, and boredom to name a few. For unlucky multitudes these feelings are unshakable, like buzzards silently circling offices and cubicles just waiting for years of tedium to take their toll… Read more...
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A hunter, oft-stubbled and bleary-eyed, driven by an insatiable hunger for exploration and experience - and perhaps a chance to thin the herd of caffeinated and alcoholic beverages. From the highlands and islands to Edinburgh, Glasgow, and the Borders, I explore Scotland with a pen in hand and a fire in the belly (which could be partly from the whisky). Read more!
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