Author: Cara
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Outside Is Where I Feel Most Human
The forgetting Working a corporate job doesn’t feel natural to me. Sitting at my desk in the corner of the room while the whole world exists just outside the window. Listening to leaders read from the same script every other company seems to follow. It feels fake. I often think, I’m not meant to be…
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Learning to Trust Yourself When You Don’t Have a Plan
After seven years of living in Boston, my time there quietly came to an end. Covid hit, my company went remote, and without overthinking it, I asked my manager, “Can I move?” That question changed my life. I’d always wanted to live in California. College had kept me closer to home, and while those years…
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Rethinking Alcohol: Building Connections Beyond Drinking
I was about to leave to pick him up for the zoo when he said: “I’m just finishing my last drink.” What? It was 1pm on a Friday. And although I was raised around constant binge drinking on the weekends, having four drinks before a zoo outing was not part of my afternoon plan. Something…