reflection – Fluent Wandering

Lives Lived

Gabrielle set her sights high and her bar higher. She craved the feeling/sense of accomplishment that came with professional accolades and she sacrificed too much to attain them for fear that if she did not continue her progress, she would be stripped of her legitimacy, left naked, exposed, and vulnerable in a climate she couldContinue reading “Lives Lived”

Up, up, and away

Exactly three months ago, I was sitting on a beach in St. Lucia pondering my wandering. It struck me that I was entering the final quarter of the game, or rather I was nearing the end of the time period I had allotted for this initial trip around the planet. With 2022 quickly approaching, IContinue reading “Up, up, and away”

Catch me on NBC

When I moved to LA in 2017, the last thing I thought about was “the industry.” I was moving there as a civilian, so-to-speak, a regular person on a comparatively mundane career path. In my early days in the city, I was having drinks at a bar with a friend along Melrose. While chatting withContinue reading “Catch me on NBC”

Shifting Tides & Open Seas

When I decided on this current chapter of life I was filled with excitement. O how change can fuel me. That excitement propelled me into planning and o how satisfying planning and organizing can be. In my mind, once the journey/travel began, some of my perpetual anxiety would end or at least I’d put itContinue reading “Shifting Tides & Open Seas”

Wondering

When I first booked this trip to Hawaii, I could hardly imagine what August would bring on the world stage. It was an act floating on fresh fumes of hope and an eagerness to begin anew. It was February, nearly a full year after the beginning of this strange nightmare otherwise known as “COVID,” thoughContinue reading “Wondering”

Hometown Rounds

Coming back to the DC area always feels a bit routine. Typically, each year I return twice – summer and around Christmas time for the holiday season. DC summers are hot and humid, but it’s crab season! If you haven’t eaten blue crab, you haven’t yet lived. Go ahead, tell me I’m exaggerating and I’llContinue reading “Hometown Rounds”

How did we get here?

There have been a few times in my adult life when I had to ask myself, “How did I get here?” Some of those were immediately followed by the more important, “How do I get away from here?” Sometimes, you’re led down a path that works and other times, you have to intentionally choose andContinue reading “How did we get here?”