Over at dailyhap.com, I posted some fresh ruminations on love and loss … “That sense of loss is exactly what we must anticipate, prepare for, and cherish to the last of our days; for it is only our heartbreak that finally refutes all that is ephemeral in love.” – A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles…
As I type from my couch home sick, where I’ve slept legitimately 24 of the last 48 hours, I am CLEARLY seeking/receiving/manifesting/some other something the words of the universe to STOP DOING SOMETHING. Not just slow down, but eliminate some things that aren’t serving me: The Most Unrealistic Expectation of Them All Need to hear…
It sucks to be a man too. The man who wrote this fundamentally altered the way I viewed my best friend’s murder(er). We were friends, coworkers, and very briefly dated. What If You’re the Guy Who Perpetuated Me Too Happening? I have a deep appreciation for him and am constantly impressed by his perspectives. He did…
I find it hard to write about tragic events like the shooting in Las Vegas at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. I could have been there—literally, I got invited for a spontaneous trip Friday night, only to be uninvited Saturday—and many of my friends were. Friends’ friends were shot, and some are still in the…
Because I promised it back when. I would also like to note that I hate the phrase YOLO—You Only Live Once—as much as anyone, but it just works… and has informed much of my 2017.
I’m happy to occupy the random sweet spot that is between millennial-millennial and Gen-X-millennial, the group born in about 6 years that’s digitally-native with the benefit of experiencing a life (we remember) without technology. Cell phone when I could drive at 16. Facebook halfway through college. Early enough adoption of instagram that it was boring…
I will always be Texan, no matter where I live. My heart is with my home state. Houston is home to much of my family and many friends, and I was part of the group who tried—and failed—to evacuate during Hurricane Rita while I was in school at Rice. Watching Houstonians and Texans band together…
I got to meet Alexis Ohanian and hear him talk about Hipmunk years ago—I think he’s great. || The Don’ts That Turned Alexis Ohanian into the Leader He Is Today Love this word: “Intrapreneurs!” || Intrapreneurs: Improving Internal Innovation/ I’ve long been a loyal Lyft-only user based on sheer average niceness of driver, and I…
Looking back, the end of 2016 and start of 2017 were a bit rough for me. There wasn’t one thing to pinpoint this malaise to, but more a general sense of unrest and un-wellness. Nothing was wrong, but nothing was quite right either. Of course, I had fun and stayed positive and grateful and made…
It’s almost 5 months into 2017, a year I ambitiously declared the year of clarity and then set to work on while also crossing all my fingers and toes hoping it would come true … this week, a few things crystallized. I’m transitioning from my awesome, badass job that I love to an entirely new-and-different…