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I was Never About Being Better Than Anyone. I Only Happened to be 20 Years Ahead of Them.
This morning, I came across a video on LinkedIn by Gary Simon talking about design trends for 2026. In his video, he was encouraging designers to step out of their Figma silos and learn some… (continue reading)
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What Will You Be Carrying With You Into 2026?
LEAN. This isn’t your typical “New Year, New You” resolution blog posting. Don’t get me wrong — I still believe in the importance of having goals and plans for the new year. But I’m choosing… (continue reading)
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Done Convincing. Done Explaining.
For years, I tried to bridge the gap between who my family expected me to be and who I actually am. They expected someone smaller. Someone safer. Someone who would fit neatly into their definition… (continue reading)
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Showing Up For Me, and For Us #shorts
It’s the morning on Christmas Eve. Somehow, I kept having this feeling that people in general are expecting some sort of positive, joyful, happy mood. But that is not what I am feeling right now.… (continue reading)
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Done with Fake Gratitude #shorts
As I was sitting at Paris Baguette earlier this evening, just needing a bit of time to wind down after a rather emotionally heavy day, I could not help but feel this urge to express… (continue reading)
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The Pioneering Edition of, “What the Fuck Am I Doing Here?? 🤷” #shorts
Well well, I think that title really does give it away, doesn’t it? I think you can pretty much guess what I might be feeling today…?? Well, it isn’t self-doubt, in case that’s what you… (continue reading)
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Showing Up at 85% Energy Level #shorts
I feel kinda like the weather today. Gloomy, heavily overcast, almost bordering on a major thunderstorm ⛈️. For me, this is one of those sweater weather days, but mostly importantly, it’s more about being chill,… (continue reading)
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Life of a Pioneer
A Shitty Start I had a pretty shitty start to my day. Woke up with an itchy right eye, which totally ruined my workout session. But I managed to still do my walk 🚶around the… (continue reading)
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/ sudo purge old_timeline_
Hi everyone! It’s actually really nice to be back into this writing 🖊️ mood again. As we begin writing during this new phase of my life, I like to point out that we’re still a… (continue reading)
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Rough Re-Entry
For the last few months of my life, I have been mostly quiet on this platform because I intentionally wanted that time away. I needed time to work on many of the internal issues &… (continue reading)
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