The Crown You Don’t See
Now I understand why they say health is the crown that only the sick can see. The healthy...
EXPLORING
going through motions feeling
After the Bell
I pretend to understand compound interest while drowning in financial decisions no curriculum ever covered.
Degrees of Debt
This is truth they don't tell you: education is free. Credentials cost money. Choose whether you need the...
Learning Without Grades
The Wikipedia rabbit hole awaits. The curiosity calls. The learning without grades begins.
Curiosity on Leave
When wonder becomes work, learning dies. When work becomes wonder, education lives.
The Shelf of Forgotten Lessons
Thousands of hours of classroom instruction. Reduced to educational amnesia. As if those years never happened. As if...
Thank You, Legs
I never thanked my legs for carrying me until they couldn't. Never thanked my lungs for breathing until...
I Miss Running Without Thinking About Running
I miss running without thinking about running. The magic has become machinery. But the machinery still works.
The Death of the Linear Career
We’re nostalgic for career stability our economy no longer provides. My father’s ladder became my lattice; my son...
The Performance of Overwhel
Busyness has become our collective lie. In busyness culture we mistake activity for achievement, stress for significance. We’re...