Writing Update Tuesday! We trudge on. The deadline I set for myself to have a trash draft (my friend Lin just called their’s this instead […]
Interview Advice from an HR Director
I’m the Director of HR at a small software company and we’re ramping up some hiring again. It’s on the brain, so I thought I’d share a couple of quick to-dos (and don’ts) I’ve observed for all current and future job seekers:
To Love Things
There’s always something ahead to love. If you’re a nerd (like me) and really, really love things maybe you can identify with the cycle:
In one version of forever
In one version of forever
Snow melts off my boots in the foyer
And my hair defrosts while
I towel muddy water off the floor
The Damage of Working on PTO
Often when I take PTO from work I go into “low power mode” … I’m not working … but I’m also not not working. I’m glancing at my email even if I’m not handling it, I’m responding to Slack messages like text messages, I actually sit down at my computer and knock a few things out.
Loneliness at Work
Our monthly lunch & learns with our leadership program graduates is leaning more and more towards personal success practices rather than hardcore work topics. But topics like stress, and failure, and loneliness, and forming new habits, and managing your time are hardcore work topics. Whether we like it or not, we live integrated lives.
Rhyming for My Father
For my dad, on his birthday My dad taught me to write poems that rhyme So now I think of him every time And mark […]
Writing Update: Wild Oscillation
Writing update Tuesday! My story oscillates wildly from twisted family drama to queer teen romance and wow is that an interesting tone to balance. My […]
For the Earth
In honor of Earth Day. When I was sixteen I visited the Grand Canyon with my dad. We rode mules halfway to the bottom and […]
April 21st
I celebrate April 21st. I have for the last twelve years. I call it an unofficial self-care day. Or sometimes a celebration of me day. Or epiphany day. It’s meaning has changed over time.