Musings from an Aspiring #ExtraCreditKid
January 20, 2009, meant a lot to many people. It was American history in the making as Barack Obama got sworn in as the first Black President. Commemorative swag was everywhere. Hell, even I have a Safeway-branded inauguration bag. For me, a far different memory usurped this historic event. It’s not every day a sonogram…
“No one ever loses weight and feels worse,” the expert doctor proclaimed on YouTube. Umm, except for me. Since September, I’ve lost 60 pounds, and honestly, I can’t remember a longer period of my life where I’ve felt sicker with a constant cough, major fatigue, and shortness of breath. I struggle to get through most…
At a tech conference in 2016, Andy Banta (@andybanta) walked around with a tombstone declaring the “The storage admin is dead.” But four years later is this true? Often, it’s a storage admin or IT ops job to present the storage volumes for the containers. While containers may be stateless, applications are not. State needs…
Wait, in my 2019 retrospective, I asked the universe for change and adventure in 2020?! I don’t know about the adventure part, but the universe totally delivered on the change part. For me and the entire world. Before COVID shut everything down, I regularly took substitute teaching jobs and accepted paid writing jobs. I hoped…
Nothing in my life has been safe from my “good enough” paintbrush: health, work, relationships. I’ve settled far too many times to count. If a life do-over were in the cards, continuously accepting good enough would be fine. But I’m in my 40s, and I gotta learn this “you deserve more than you are settling…
I’ve gotta confess using un-customized stock photos feels icky. Yes, I’ve done it, but those stock photos are a poor companion for the original content that I strive to craft. Every blog post needs a graphic, though. So, what’s a non-graphic designer supposed to do? This is where Canva* and Super Vector Graphics (SVG) save…
Do you remember E’s Untold Story where they delve into salacious celebrity stories or maybe it was Hollywood True Story? Who knows the name of the show, but who doesn’t love a good story? VMware’s vRealize story wasn’t salacious, but hopefully, you find something interesting in this blog post or VMware’s Cloud Field Day 9…
“Inhale fear, exhale courage.” Deep breath. Who doesn’t want this ability?! This aptly named #vGHC session was completely perspective-changing and blog-worthy. Inhale Courage, Exhale Fear Doing the right thing. Speaking out against injustice and inequity. Showcasing our value at work. Managing careers as we lead our families through a global pandemic. Today’s call for courage…
I spent decades believing that I was an easy-going person, and this was why I didn’t engage in conflict very often. My adept conflict avoidance skills were a strength. The truth was I approached most conflict or perceived conflict with fear and trepidation. Most of the time, when I had an urge to speak up…
“No bread, no pasta, no sugar, no dairy.” When my ob/gyn issued this directive at my first prenatal checkup for my first pregnancy, I nodded along. I screamed “WTF am I supposed to eat?” in my head, of course. Giving up all of those things seemed inconceivable. Also, I dismissed my doctor’s concerns as overreactive…