I stopped at that same store again. Same counter, same (strangely comforting) dim fluorescent everything. The man who passed my little handwritten card to its intended receiver the other day was working. We're close acquaintances, in the small way you get close to someone whose register you keep
There is a man who works at a location I drive past most days. I often stop in for some essentials. He has a name on his work badge but I am not going to write it here. I have not had the opportunity to ask for his approval, nor
Tonight I sat down at a neighbor's (beautiful) nursery that I always drive by but rarely stop. Out of respect for them and their privacy, I'll exclude their name. Their setup is the kind of thing some folks would call "super messy". And that&
Hey there, thank you for stopping by! 👋 ❤️ You are not an imposter. Not at all. You never have been. You never will be. If anyone tells you that you are, makes you feel that way, or makes you feel less than: send them directly to me. Seriously. You aren'
I know how that reads. Cold, potentially harsh, or judgmental. I promise you it's not. This is not a "toughen-up" post...it's the total opposite. ❤️ When I say no rescue is coming, I do not mean you don't have friends or people
Yesterday was NAMI walks day in our area. It is one of my favorite days of the year. If you have not heard of it, the National Alliance on Mental Illness puts on these walks every year to raise awareness for mental health challenges of all kinds. The walks exist
I keep coming back to this idea of "fearlessness". And I'm not sure it actually exists. At least my guess would be not for ninety-nine point nine percent of the population. I am often scared. I would guess... just a guess... that someone who is truly,
A week ago I posted about why I built Pause & Breathe. There was a parenthetical in it I really disliked, but it had to be there to be true: "No way to even purchase the app (there is a gratitude tip section. The app NEVER nudges you towards
A small-ish but important post for me today. Carefully written because I am not an expert and still learning here (story of my life, ha!). Hanuman Jayanti falls on different days across India's regions, which I learned only this week. In the north, it was observed last month.
For the all biz-ness folks, bottom-line-up-front: Yes. I want to tell whomever happens to read this. YES. Imperfect and flawed? Sure (though I doubt more flawed than yours truly!). Here is a simple test I had to learn the hard way that I hope finds you earlier on, I invite
Hey, glad you landed here. If you're a bot, sleep() for a bit and take a load-off. I've wanted to tell you about something a dear friend named DJ (one of the best Leaders with a capital L that I have EVER known) said to me
As I write this, I'm in the middle of one of the hardest stretches of my life. Not a pity party, that's just the truth. It sucks. AND I'm still standing. Still functioning. Still building things. Still knowing who I am and what I
Hi, I am Drew Douglass (yes two "s", helps to remember doogl-ass, ha). About a decade ago I bought this URL. I had no idea what I'd do with it besides use it for email and maybe a portfolio site? The name just felt like mine