Category: Essays & Creative Nonfiction
Reflective pieces on life, creativity, and finding my way as a creative weirdo.
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The Ordinary #2: The Last Can of Cocoa
2–4 minutesAn expired can of hot cocoa sends me back to my mom’s pantry: overstuffed shelves, half-forgotten plans, and the way love sometimes looks like always having enough. This short memoir is about comfort, accumulation, and the small, ordinary things we carry with us long after we move on.
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The Ordinary #1: Lowering My Standards for Enemies
2–3 minutesA mini memoir reflecting on how perceived danger in mundane interactions turns a neighbor into an enemy.
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Stories that Linger: My Experience Behind a Failed Celebrity Campaign
5–7 minutesA simple blog post became a PR nightmare I didn’t want my name attached to for my own safety. It became a lesson in boundaries, ethics, and the fear of having a public-facing role.
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My Emergenetics Personality Profile Results
6–10 minutesOne thing I really enjoy: taking different kinds of personality tests. It’s not just for fun, though. When I want to focus on my own growth, those tests provide helpful insights. Once you understand how you think or process certain things, and why, you can easily figure out how you want to improve from there.…
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Second Place Cravings and Confessions
3–5 minutesI couldn’t have been more surprised when I won my first writing award seven years ago. I didn’t even know I was competing until I heard my name called.
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Spies in Disguise: A Secretly Delightful Surprise
2–3 minutesFor all the family-friendly antics of Spies in Disguise, it has an amazingly mature theme I wish I saw more often. It promises something better than a cookie-cutter action animation: a hilarious spy-flavored misadventure with an underutilized take on the theme of good vs. evil.
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