Grey is wrong, black and white are good (for no apparent reason). On the upper level, where my CEO Bob resides — hey Bob! — there is a critical filing cabinet labeled “Complex Ethical Stuff.” The very first file was actually discovered by my Janitor — hey Roger! — but he deemed it far too…
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The Day My Brain Resigned from Volunteering
“Volunteering should give you energy, not drain your battery” Volunteering is supposed to be good for the soul. Build community. Give meaning. Do things together with a common goal. You know — that whole “do good, feel good” thing. And you know, volunteering should give you energy, not drain your battery. Sounds plausible, right? Hmm….
The Thought Train v2
I wrote a similar article on my anonymous blog. I’m going to remove that blog soon so it is time to “move” over all interesting stories from there to over here. So lets go! The Thought Train? I’m not sure if this is an official term, but I use The Thought Train to describe a…
Meet My Brain: WTF… It Works HOW?!
Preface This is the first real deep dive into how my brain works. You’ll notice that I’m trying more and more to fit in my Brain Factory™ analogy into my stories. Enjoy! Visual Thinkers I’ve started reading a book by Temple Grandin called Visual Thinkers. In it, she broadly categorizes brains into two ends of…
Etched in Regret
I have so many regrets, in so many different situations. Situations I didn’t read properly, or where I missed certain social cues. Situations where I said something really inappropriate, offending someone in the process. Or the exact opposite — not saying or doing something when I absolutely should have. Again letting people down.