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Who decided we all needed to have our collective shit together, anyway?

Posted on October 22, 2022 by Jesse

A lot of ink, digital and otherwise, has been spilt discussing the cult of busyness in society these days. So if you think I’m going to spill more in an attempt at muddying the waters with yet one more opinion…you’re right. You know me so well. Despite my best efforts, all too often I find…

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Ditching the iPad-first setup

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Jesse

I’ve reverted back to laptop first for most things. Don’t get me wrong, I love my iPad Air. What I don’t love is the hand/wrist cramps I got while trying to use the “Magic” Keyboard or the eye strain from working on a long piece while the iPad sat on a stand on the table…seemingly…

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Liminality as a State of Being?

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Jesse

(Ed. Note: there are no answers in this essay, just thoughts and ideas) I’ve been feeling an increasing sense of what I can only describe as liminality recently. I don’t mean that in any sort of dystopian way, like the world is becoming one big waiting room for Armageddon or something—rather it’s a feeling that…

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Know Your Why, Part I

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Jesse

If you don’t know why you’re doing what you’re doing—how can you counter someone who says you’re doing it wrong? My grandma used to say something that drove me, and the rest of the family, nuts. “You’re right, I can’t.” That is one of the most deceptively simple-sounding, yet incredibly complex and, the more you…

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Yes, and…

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Jesse

This simple heuristic comes from improv theater (among other places, I’m sure) and is used to keep a scene going. When it looks like a scene may be coming to an end prematurely, one actor can say (or think to themselves) “yes, and…” and this often spurs the group to find a new direction to…

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What’s the common denominator?

Posted on May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 by Jesse

I’ve found myself using this expression a lot over the last two years. It generally pops up in a conversation when someone is moaning about how they were wronged over and over in relationships, personal or professional. Somehow, magically, it’s always somebody else who did the thing that caused the bad result. But what’s the…

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“Quietly do the next and most necessary thing.” – Carl Jung

Posted on May 1, 2022May 1, 2022 by Jesse

This line comes from a letter Jung wrote in response to a fan (psychologists have fans?!) who wrote in asking that most basic of questions—how to live her life. The culture around her told her to get married and do whatever her husband bade her do, and that didn’t sit right with her. The line…

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Context Matters.

Posted on April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 by Jesse

One of the things I find wandering across my consciousness is the importance of context. Ironically it’s been appearing across contexts. Let’s look at a couple of examples. First, at my last role as content writer for a B2B SaaS cybersecurity/authentication company, I was working on a whitepaper based on an SME (subject matter expert)…

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Welcome to I Like How You Think

Posted on April 17, 2022May 1, 2022 by Jesse

I’ve been struggling to come up with a great opening line for this, the new home for my personal ramblings on the web. I thought about going serious, “welcome to I Like How You Think, where we’ll tackle the big issues of the day…” I thought about going snarky, “Just because I like how you…

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