The Road Back to Ayni
**By Guest Contributer Jeff Chean, Co-Founder & Chief Coffee Guy, Groundwork Coffee Co. The Monday night before the election, around midnight, I awoke. I heard something. It was something I [...]
A New Year’s Invitation
Two big end of the year distinctions that have been present in multiple conversations and swirling at the top of my brain are, “invitation vs. obligation” and “ritual vs. resolution.” [...]
Sink or Swim
When I was very young—young enough that this story comes to me second-hand, and not from my memory—I apparently decided that I could swim and jumped into the deep end [...]
The Next Step
In the song Some Nights, by the band Fun, the lyrics beg us to question “What do I stand for? What do I stand for? Most nights, I don’t know…anymore.” [...]
From Anger to Action
I love this quote I just saw from Maya Angelou, it fits perfectly with our focus this week. “Nothing will work unless you do. This is not the time to [...]
The critical role of critical thought
As someone in a creative field, I spend a lot of time staring abstractly into space waiting for inspiration to strike me. It's partly the reason I've always imagined that [...]
Would you kindly get the fuck out of my way?
One of my dear friends recently posted this awesome image on Insta, which I’m formally thanking thereisnoceiling.com for. I flipping love this post, and I even kinda relate. In many [...]
Return to Genius
There’s a place where your innovation and creativity soar, where you see things anew, a place where children reside, that makes them eager, open, and curious. This is the place [...]
The power of prioritization
I've been busy. Everyone relates. For me, it's been this major project I work on every year that just scoops me up and drags me under. But, if I'm being [...]
Diving Deep
In preparation for my upcoming adventure, I was watching interviews with some of my favorite musicians and artists. One in particular was Danny Elfman, front man of the hit band [...]