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New Year. New Toothbrush. New Me?

A new year. A fresh start. A clean slate. But wait — time is just a construct, right? Maybe, but I still got out a new toothbrush, just in case. ![A new toothbrush in a toothb...

Old Friends & New Beginnings

I’ve cultivated a morning yoga habit (along with drinking that weird mushroom coffee), so please forgive the woo-woo-ness of this post. It’s the season of new beginnings and thi...

Graffiti & Figma

I’m not very good at making a graffiti tag. Or using Figma. Or skateboarding. If you are, then you probably _learned_ to do these things, and then perfected your craft. ![Jami...

Next Steps and Career Paths

Next Steps & Career Paths > _“I’m not sure what to do now.”_ — friends who have been laid off, who are “empty nesters”, or who are looking to pivot into a tech career I’d lov...

Hobbies & Headspace

I don’t have any hobbies. 🤦‍♀️ > “What are your hobbies? You know, the thing that people think of when they think of you? Me, I’m a Bears fan. What’s YOUR thing?” — interviewer...

COBOL & ChatGPT

Open.AI’s ChatGPT has captured the attention of techies since its launch on November 30, 2022\. I’m a techie, and I’ve spent these past few weeks musing about how new technologi...

Build Something & Go to Coffee

I really want to write about ChatGPT (I mean, who doesn’t?!?) but I want to spend some more time exploring it first. Luckily, I just saw [Kanika Tolver’s post](https://www.linke...

Is This Thing On?

Me: I’m a connector, a speaker, and a writer. You: Ah, but Mary, writers WRITE. What have you WRITTEN lately? Me (sheepishly): Um…nothing? ![GIF of Jimmy Fallon pretending to...

3 Things I’ve Re-learned These Past 6 Months

_\[Note: it wasn’t THESE past 6 months, it was September 2020 — March 2021\. When we were all deep in the pandemic and I was job-hunting. I’m coming back to Medium to write agai...

Stickers & Wheels

I didn’t post my musings last week because I was caught up in the excitement of the Nooks launch. _(What, Mary? I missed that. Tell me more! Check it out_ [_here_](https://twitt...