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  • So you’ve made time to reflect on your career and have some fresh ideas? Congratulations! Kudos to you for carving out time, wrestling with these difficult questions, and taking a step back to identify patterns and generate new ideas. If this process felt challenging or uncomfortable, that’s very natural. This may be the first time…


  • A few years ago, I visited my friend, Jon, in Austin, Texas. As a New Yorker, traveling outside my dense urban bubble yields moments of disbelief. What a vast sidewalk! The aisles in this store are huge! Despite what you say, this is not a bagel! On this occasion, Jon took me grocery shopping and…


  • Everyone has that friend with a million ideas who never executes on any of them. This person talks a big game–about their latest invention, their fashion label, their bespoke furniture company–but that’s all they are, talk. In the moment, their vision is clear and their confidence and bravado make the goal seem within reach, something…


  • Last year, I watched a CreativeMornings talk by James Greig, a graphic designer, who discussed his experience with burnout, taking a break, and rebuilding his career. Many of the feelings he expressed were ones I, too, had experienced: exhaustion, confusion, emotional overload. In college, I was not the person who knew what they were going…


  • Today’s Tech Role Model is Carly Ayres. Carly is a writer and creative director. Previously, she was a partner at HAWRAF, an interactive design and development studio based in New York, that announced it was closing its doors in March 2019. Before HAWRAF, Carly worked humanizing AI and evolving the Google logo. She’s given voices…