Category: Personal stories

Someone sent me a novel this week, and last night, after I finally got the chance to read it, a question came to mind. It’s a question that many of us wrestle with more than we admit…

It’s the last day of Thanksgiving week, and I’m sitting here feeling grateful for the time off giving me permission to reflect. Thanksgiving looks different for each of us. Some spend it surrounded by family…

We talk about silos as if they’re just an organizational problem: departments that don’t talk to each other, teams that guard information, leaders who build empires instead of bridges. But the truth is…

Some of us don’t bloom early. Some of us don’t bloom loudly. Some of us bloom slowly, in our own time—maybe like the late-blooming phoenix archetype. Have you heard of it?…

This is a post about travel in time — past and future. As I just returned from a long road trip, a long-awaited and well-deserved vacation meant to be a pause from life’s usual rhythm…

I didn’t have much of a plan that morning — just a destination and a full tank of gas. After all, the best trips are the ones we don’t overthink. No big plans, no expectations…

After a sunny day at the beach, an hour-long walk on the boardwalk, and a night stroll down Lincoln Road in Miami Beach visiting art galleries, I didn’t quite feel like writing. Maybe that’s…

We all know that person—including ourselves—who finds reasons to complain about the same little things again and again. The food, the traffic, the people who never seem to listen…

I’ve been waiting for this weekend for a long time. I was so excited for my brother to arrive. I pictured us catching up, laughing, going places, doing all the little things I’d been saving for…

Do you remember those times of waiting for an important result? When every hour feels like an eternity, when you feel like jumping out of your skin with impatience, and the longer you wait…