Most of us can vividly recall the nervous feeling right before our teachers would take attendance in class. Sitting straight up in your chair, waiting to hear your name, followed by your prepared response, “present!” If there was no response when our name was called, you know a call to Mom and Dad was going…

“I just want things to go back to normal.”  Perhaps you have either heard or uttered this phrase yourself during the pandemic. Then, normalcy was something we all craved.  However, now “normal” seems to be (in many cases) upon us. One of those aspects of normal has been the return to the office. The days of a…

Throughout the pandemic, I had a little (read: a lot of) extra time on my hands. After doing the math, I counted that I was on 100 flights to various stages in 2019. Then, in 2020 nearly everything disappeared overnight and the phone stopped ringing. So, after doing some math, I estimated that I had…

There has been a significant amount of time spent studying why people have quit their jobs amidst The Great Resignation. However, the conversation has almost exclusively been about those who have left. But what about the people that have stayed? What is happening with the millions of people that haven’t left? How are they doing,…

The Lede: Throughout the pandemic, I, perhaps like you, spent just a liiiiittle extra time at home. Wanting to feel an extra sense of accomplishment, my partner and I multiplied our house plant population by about 5, and, intentionally or not, the inside of our house now looks a lot like a greenhouse.  Plant People…

When I was growing up, it was important in my family that we tried as many things as possible. New foods, new skills, new sports, and new instruments. My parents were big believers in being OK at a lot of things rather than great at one; a jack of many trades.  After all, at 6-years-old, there were…

Trying to predict the future seems a bit tricky these days, doesn’t it? Is Tom Brady retired? Is Bitcoin a good buy? Will gas prices ever go down? Depending on the week, the answers could be both yes and no.  Over the past two years, the trends we’ve witnessed have produced the same degree of confusing uncertainties,…

The Lede: The pages of history are sprinkled with stories of revolutions- large and small, peaceful and violent, silly and vital. Yet, while there is a diverse spectrum of causes, one constant remains: revolution is sparked with a desire to bridge the gap between what is and what could be.  For as long as human…

There is no doubt that COVID has rocked our world over the past two years. As we know all too well, the pandemic has been responsible for the second, third, and fourth part-time jobs we didn’t ask for (i.e. chef, teacher, daycare, chauffeur), a total shift in how we connect with people, and the uprising…

The lede: While some like to start their day out with a morning stroll, others start their day with a morning scroll. And while I’m not proud of it, one of the first moves I make each morning is to grab my phone off of my bedside table and begin the daily check-up. From email to LinkedIn,…