As much as I’d like to believe I’m an expert on personal branding I always learn that there’s some area I haven’t touched or some base not covered. I recently had a discussion with someone on Twitter who I’ve been connected with for quite some time and it was like…

Writing is A Lost Art form Like Music or Conversation — Recently while having coffee with a friend and fellow writer, we discussed the intricacies of writing and the use of “high language”. Although we didn’t quite land on a consensus definition of what constitutes high language, there was just a knowing. …

Are They So Different or Are They 2 Sides to the Same Coin? — I stumbled across a tweet that read: “Voting should require $10,000 of assets and a 600 credit score. Fairly low bar, but high enough to stop the 60% of society that has no business contributing to social policy” I retweeted it and then commented within the thread that “This is…

If you feel like someone might be attempting to (or successfully) gaslight you listen up. — In simpliest terms gaslighting occurs when someone attempts to get someone to think twice about what they accept as their reality, memories, or perceptions. Gaslighting is a manipulative tactic that we might subconsciously learn to use in order to: Maintain a position of power, authority, or control Justify our wrong…

Let me tell you why this matters in your personal finances. — Trauma When something traumatic happens to you it can be very easy to revisit that experience in your mind as you comb over details and what if scenarios. The problem with this is that your brain doesn’t distinguish between it actually happening and you reliving it in your mind. …

In May of 2021 I woke up on a Friday morning decided that I was going to leave my job sending in a resignation that I had drafted MONTHS in advance. I sent off the email and waited for the fireworks. …

Recently on a grocery shopping trip my Dad and I were conversing and discussing memories of my childhood. We came to a point in elementary school where I remember having mixed feelings but couldn’t understand those feelings at the time. Some of the prominent variables that contributed to those feelings…

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No wait, scratch that. I̵ ̵q̵u̵i̵t̵ ̵m̵y̵ ̵j̵o̵b̵ I fired my boss! Today I want to talk about what that means and what I’ve done in that time. “I Fired My Boss” started as a provocative spin on my resignation for two reasons: quitting has a negative connotation that…