It was a Friday night in San Francisco. October 2008. I was a young lawyer, spent from a long week, sinking into the couch with a glass of wine and a movie queued up. The plan was no plan. Then a friend called. He had an extra ticket to see some singer I’d never heard […]
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“Portland is our forever home.” I must have said it a thousand times. It rolled off my tongue like a love letter. It felt effortless. It sounded beautiful. And it was completely untrue. We lived there for thirteen years. And for thirteen years, that line never wavered. I said it constantly. At dinners. In passing. […]
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I used to worship at the altar of balance. Work-life balance. Balanced portfolio. Balanced diet. Balanced schedule. You arrange your entire life like a house of cards—everything placed just so, every piece holding up every other piece. All that careful arranging works perfectly. The schedule lines up. The energy feels even. The plates are all […]
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