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getting out of your head

MODERN SOCIETY

After the Bell

I pretend to understand compound interest while drowning in financial decisions no curriculum ever covered.

Nov 12, 2025 6 min
MODERN SOCIETY

Degrees of Debt

This is truth they don't tell you: education is free. Credentials cost money. Choose whether you need the...

Nov 12, 2025 6 min
MODERN SOCIETY

Learning Without Grades

The Wikipedia rabbit hole awaits. The curiosity calls. The learning without grades begins.

Nov 12, 2025 6 min
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Arriving Early, Waiting Alone

Because this is real intelligence. Not seeing three steps ahead alone. But helping everyone see two steps ahead...

Nov 10, 2025 6 min
MINDFULNESS & PSYCHOLOGY

Curiosity on Leave

When wonder becomes work, learning dies. When work becomes wonder, education lives.

Nov 10, 2025 6 min
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The Shelf of Forgotten Lessons

Thousands of hours of classroom instruction. Reduced to educational amnesia. As if those years never happened. As if...

Nov 10, 2025 7 min
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Thank You, Legs

I never thanked my legs for carrying me until they couldn't. Never thanked my lungs for breathing until...

Nov 10, 2025 7 min
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Nobody Is Happy With Their Body

To the universal human experience of body dissatisfaction. Maybe satisfaction isn't the goal. Acceptance is.

Nov 8, 2025 7 min
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Made of Glass and Steel

We are simultaneously made of glass and steel. My collarbone is healed now. Stronger at the break point,...

Nov 8, 2025 6 min
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The Wrong Size Room

This aging body is right for this consciousness. Thoughtful. Careful. Shaped by years.

Nov 8, 2025 5 min