color the water: my first surfing lesson

i went surfing yesterday for the first time. and holy shit was it fun! you know those moments when you realize your life has been forever changed? well, this was one of them for me. wow. it was such a powerful experience i don’t even know how to start. everything just wants to tumble out of me at once. maybe i’ll write a little bulletted list of all the thoughts and then expand as i can.

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book review: anger: wisdom for cooling the flames by thich nhat hanh

Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by Thich Nhat Hanh

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family vacation: an oxymoron

preface: this is absolutely not a new thought so i can’t take credit for it, but it does really resonate with me so i wanted to share it.

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deathnote #5

[note: need to write this full post soon. for now, i’m just dropping some notes here for safe-keeping]

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hutch's reactive teaching

a few weeks ago i was in a work meeting christine hutchinson (hutch!) and she mentioned something that i said i’d write about because i thought it was brilliant and hilarious.

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