Category Career

I remember sitting on a weathered driftwood log back in Maine, staring at a particularly jagged, unpolished piece of green glass I’d just pulled from the tide. I had just…

I remember sitting in a cramped, overheated library at NYU, staring at a glowing screen and feeling like I was shouting into a void. I had the passion, the digital…

I remember sitting in a cramped university lecture hall, staring at a whiteboard filled with “industry-standard” frameworks that felt about as organic as a plastic bottle on a Maine beach.…

I remember sitting in a windowless conference room last year, watching the clock tick past the hour mark while a colleague droned on about “synergy” and “leveraging touchpoints.” There was…

I still remember the salt spray stinging my eyes and the sheer, paralyzing panic rising in my throat during my first big presentation for a local conservation group. I stood…

I remember sitting in a cramped, windowless conference room during my first major environmental consulting project, feeling that familiar, heavy knot of anxiety in my stomach. The air was thick…

I remember sitting in my first leadership meeting, staring at a pile of glossy, corporate “leadership handbooks” that felt about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. They…

I remember standing in the middle of a chaotic community garden project a few years back, the scent of damp earth and crushed mint heavy in the air, feeling completely…

I remember standing in my backyard last summer, staring at a patch of wilted lavender that I had mistakenly overwatered, feeling that same sinking knot in my stomach I used…

I remember sitting in a sterile, windowless conference room during my first big role in digital media, my palms sweating as I stared at a stack of corporate jargon that…