I graduated high school exactly 10 years ago today. I had a very specific plan for myself back then. Go to VCU, study advertising. Stay for my master’s at the Brandcenter. Move to New York, work in advertising and become a creative director. And in following these plans, in doing The Good Things, The Right… Continue reading 10 years post grad
Currently: January 2021
Working — the daily grind. I have a good job and a great employer, but work is long and work is hard and work is work and my favorite part of the day is 5:20 when I get to turn my work phone off and start to wrap up for the day. That’s when I… Continue reading Currently: January 2021
Shannon’s Favorite Things 2020
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Solstice, Happy every single winter holiday that occurs this season! And most of all, happy sales and free shipping! About a month ago I had really big and grandiose plans for another installment of my dysautonomia inspired gift guide—I had plans to work on it over Thanksgiving and… Continue reading Shannon’s Favorite Things 2020
I started exercising again
How many times have I declared, YES, AT LAST, I HAVE STARTED EXERCISING AGAIN, I DID IT, I AM BORN ANEW, A WOMAN WHO EXERCISES AND MAKES HER DOCTORS PROUD and then like two weeks later I miss a couple of days and never exercise again? That is, until my therapist Jedi mind tricks me… Continue reading I started exercising again
Kirk & Becky & COVID
Every night when I’m in bed, my mind drifts to COVID and my parents. My parents are in their 60s and both have pre-existing medical conditions. When I was little, I knew they were chronically ill before I had the words for it. But they were so solid. Unshakable. Even though my dad made his… Continue reading Kirk & Becky & COVID