I don't need to be a drone in a big, enterprisey company to excel in my career. I will be the agent that makes my career -- not my company ( Read more... )

To be free or constrained ( Read more... )

There's a lot of talk that frames romantic love as a failing institution.
This talk often confuses 'marriage' for 'love'--marriage is an institution; not love.
Then there's talk of the duration of love as a measure for its success---I didn't know it was a long-distance race!
There's also talk of love related to possession, interchange, and ( Read more... )

I may be "free" as ever, but that does not mean "free" from obligations, or having "free" time. Quite the opposite, really. It's funny how "free", the way I used it a few journal entries ago, can take on such a meaning. Free of obligations? Absolutely not. Free to choose among many paths, opportunities, and experiences in life? Absolutely, yes.

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