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2025 Year In Review
A stable year. That is okay. This afforded me to focus a lot on myself – what makes me happy, what makes me unhappy, how I parent, how I partner, what I value, what is worth my time. Still lots of work to do here, but I feel I’ve framed things for success or at least know how to 🙃 Family Mia is now…
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Why do you maintain a blog?
I’m often asked this and don’t have a concrete answer. This quote I came across today partially answers it. I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear. Joan Didion
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Race Series: New England Gravel Triple Crown
For the past two years, I have faced injury or illness before my singular “A” race. This year, I was not going to allow that to happen. The result? I made a family race calendar very early, and each of us threw our names on a variety of events. I’m not done yet, but my primary race events are now all complete and I…
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On ADHD
I recently listened to a pair of podcasts from Stuff You Should Know (a fave) on the subject of ADHD and it got me thinking more about myself as an individual and a parent. For your listening pleasure, I present you Part 1 and Part 2. I think these are good listens for anyone. Background I was a problematic child. Behavioral issues, inability to…
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A Year At Netflix
And what a joy it has been! I’ve never felt better about work in my life. How about some bullet points? The Netflix Culture Memo is a good read for anyone, especially managers and leaders. It is the reason for much of the above. I do apologize about the usability of this fancy new careers site – it is bad and I have provided…
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Katie has graduated 🎓
My sister’s firstborn is now pretty much an adult. I am devastated, but I suppose it is for the best. I always called her my own, but it is time to let go. She will be attending UNC next year and due to being a monster achiever (did a pre-college high school thing that basically counted as college? I’ll never understand the details) she’ll…