A perspective on effort
I had a conversation with my therapist earlier about the ebbs and flows of project load and stress at work. As one would expect our reactions and dialogue of the topic were par for the course, but when we pivoted to what I perceived of my effort being more in magnitude than others around me…
Half of 2025
A lot of newer life experiences since changing up my living situation. In random order: Waymo The best way to describe it: it feels like a Disneyland ride. Like the story book type in Fantasy Land except there isn’t a track and the ride is smoother. I sort of enjoy not having to interact with…
The contrast is strong.
I’ve been back from Japan two weeks now. I know what I experienced does not include the realities of living and working in Japan, but what I was exposed to for two weeks struck my pretty hard. It’s the pride, it’s the way they host, how you always feel accommodated. How organized things are. How…
A New Year Convergence
For the last six months I’ve been in an inner monologue of wanting to move, away from sleepier Marin County across one of the bridges somewhere. A friend of mine landed a vinyl only monthly gig in the East Bay towards the end of 2023 and after a few months in I was starting to…
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DD, 38 years old living in SF Bay Area working in Biotech. I enjoy solo travel, collecting vinyl records, and olympic weightlifting. Currently on a 1893+ day Spanish streak on Duolingo.
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