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Echoes from the Bay: Missing San Francisco in My 40s
I lived blocks from the Bay Bridge before the pandemic. On the city that shaped me and the version of me it kept.
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My Travels: What Constant Work Trips Actually Look Like
Clearing out the fridge, packing again, flying to Seattle. The unglamorous reality of a travelling job.
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I Am a Girl and I Hate Stuffed Toys: On Corporate Women’s Events
They handed out stuffed dogs at a women in leadership panel. Nobody hands crocodiles to men in tech.
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Why Is Everything So Fast? On Resolutions That Quietly Die
Half of January gone and none of the plans started. On time speeding up and good intentions fading out.
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You Are an Idiot and I Can’t Say It to Your Face: Working With Difficult People
Everything that runs through my head when dealing with wilful incompetence, and why none of it gets said.
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Second Is Good, But Not Good Enough: On Ambition That Never Rests
The day after New Year, when everyone is meant to be winning. On the drive that will not let you sit still.
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The Little Joys of Life: Looking Back on an Unpredictable Decade
A career I thought had ended, a life I could not have predicted, and the small things that carried me through.
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The Art of Doing Nothing: In Defence of a Lazy Weekend
Why staying indoors, wandering room to room and achieving nothing is a perfectly respectable weekend.
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Sirens and Then: The Sound of Living in San Francisco
Fire engines heard through noise-cancelling windows, and what that sound comes to mean when you live alone.
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I’m Not Alone: Speaking to a Room With Nobody in It for You
A speaking event with no friends or family in the audience, and the unexpected way the day turned around.
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