I used to take piano lessons. For over a decade. According to Malcolm Gladwell, I should be an expert pianist. But if you listen to me play now, you probably wouldn’t guess I had that much training. While I enjoyed making music, I hated the work that it took to […]
Two posts in two days. I know, amazing. If that’s a shocker, prepare to have your socks blown off–there could be two posts today alone! Why the sudden (hopefully permanent) resurgence in writing? Because writing is something that makes me me. When I applied to law school, like every other […]
Thursdays find me on the Main Grounds of the University of Virginia for a class in the History Department. I usually arrive to the area early so I can grab lunch before heading to class. My routine is to head to the Corner, Charlottesville’s row of shops and restaurants like […]
If you know someone is listening to you, it changes what you say, how you say it. It changes your expectations of the person you are telling.
I love the idea of new things, new skills, new places, new people. But I also like order, control, and definition. As I have had to spend the last couple of weeks saying, “I’m new here,” or “I’m new at this” and then ask for help, I realize how much […]
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