Volume 3, Issue 2: Does It Have to Be You?
Hi friends! I have been extra-overwhelmed this week and last. It is not necessarily because of bad things, I just have a lot on my plate and I’m still trying...
Volume 3, Resources 1: Gender Unicorn & A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities
Hi friends! Two weeks in and somehow this is already one of the longest years that has ever existed. Nicole and I have been taking frequent walks and it’s...
Volume 3, Issue 1: Composition Transcends Instrument
Hi friends! Happy 2022! I’m happy that you’re here with me. Before I forget (again), I wanted to share the Book Riot 2022 Reading Log that I had promised....
Volume 2, Issue 27: 2022 Goals, If You Are So Inclined
Hi friends! I know I said it before, but I’ll say it again: Thank you for being here. I appreciate you all so damn much. We have made it through the year and...
Volume 2, Resources 26: Best Books 2021
Hi friends! This year I’ve hit a personal record for number of books read. My goal was 120 books and I definitely surpassed that. I still have a full-time...
Volume 2, Issue 26: What I Learned in 2021
Hi friends! Holy shit, we’re almost through 2021 and I am SO PROUD OF US for making it this far. This year was a rollercoaster of emotions for so many of us....
Volume 2, Resources 25: The Wake Up, Happiness Calendar, and Just Watch
Hi friends! I want to send some extra love out to my fellow BIPOCs who are doing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, Justice, Access (DEIBJA) work in...
Volume 2, Issue 25: Some Healthy Phrases for Effective Communication
Hi friends! For the month of November, I worked on cultivating three habits: writing daily, stretching daily, and writing snail mail daily. I stretched all...
Volume 2, Resources 24: Supporting Native Orgs, Black Friday, Giving Thanks, and NPR's Books We Love
Hi friends! First up, we’re getting to the end of November and to keep myself accountable I want to check in about the habits that I have been trying to...
Volume 2, Issue 24: Xmas Shipping, Holiday Anti-Fatness, and Leveling-Up Your 'No'
Hi friends! This week is a non-resource week however, I have some things that I need to share with you sooner than later so it’ll be a little resource-y and...
Volume 2, Resources 23: Mental Health Apps & Emotion-Sensation Wheel
Hi friends! Last week I wrote about starting to cultivate specific habits in November and I’m happy to report that so far, I have stretched every day,...
Volume 2, Issue 23: November Habits
Hi friends! Last Friday my team at my day job had a virtual Halloween party. Someday I’ll write an essay about why Halloween is the perfect holiday but aside...
Volume 2, Resources 22: Origins of "Spooky" and Workers on Strike
Hi friends! Something hilarious happened this week that is too good not to share with you. Nicole & I have been married 4.5 years, together for almost 10. We...
Volume 2, Issue 22: On Being Deliberate
Hi friends! This week during a one-on-one meeting with one of my day job coworkers I said, “The burned-out in me recognizes the burned-out in you.” We...
Volume 2, Resources 21: Article Access and Queer & Trans Black People Exist
Hi friends! Recently I’ve been coming to terms with the idea of “when things slow down” and it being a lie. Things will never slow down because of...
Volume 2, Issue 21: On Self-Rejection
Hi friends! First of all, if you missed reading my first Alta Journal newsletter piece you can now read it on their website. Second of all, my wife and I...
Volume 2, Resources 20: Haitian Immigrants, Indigenous Allies, and Smarter in Seconds
Hi friends! Happy October, the month upon which I base my entire personality. This week I had my first piece published in the Alta Journal newsletter (it...
Volume 2, Issue 20: On Comfort in DEI Work
Hi friends! I had so many ideas of what to write about this week. So much has happened personally since my last newsletter. I attended FIYAHCON, which filled...
Volume 2, Resources 19: Book Shortage, Pandemic Fatigue, and To Do Lists That Might Work
Hi friends! As usual I’m writing this on Wednesday evening and I’m very excited to have the next couple of days off work because 1) I’m burned the fuck OUT...
Volume 2, Issue 19: On the Importance of Doing the Things You Enjoy & Do Well
Hi friends! Today’s newsletter is a culmination of a few things. Back in May, I wrote about the importance of doing things for fun, that is, doing things not...
