Brennan's Old Blog

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. -Jack Layton

 

26: Waking Up

Previous Birthday Posts: 25: The Mystery of My Broken Heart — Realizing the Ugly Truth: Examining a Year and a Half of Life and Its Meaningless Cycle 24: Be Noteworthy — An attempt to find peace with who I am. 23:...

The Art of Pivoting

But what does pivot even mean? It’s a word that gets tossed around like a hot potato, especially in startup culture. And in my experience, I’ve found that it’s a word that’s used very loosely, and at times, incorrectly. Most...

Every Atom of My Blood

Years have passed since I last allowed myself to just sit here and write—back when I was still working at the children’s hospice, taking my lunch breaks to boot up the generic Windows XP desktop in the poorly-lit back office...

What I’ve Learned from Journal Writing for 10 Years

Over half a decade ago, I wrote a blog post called “16 Rules of Journaling I’ve Learned after 5 Years” where I shared my experience of keeping a journal. I shared the different apps and methods I had tried and...