Do you know who held your high school’s record in the 500 free when you were a senior? Probably not. And unless you’re familiar with competitive swimming, there’s a really good chance you have no idea what the heck a 500 free even is (it’s 500 yards freestyle – 20 lengths of the pool). Do
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My AI Photoshoot
A few weeks ago someone I follow on IG posted a bunch of headshots she got from an AI website. You pay $17 and get 100 artificially generated headshots. She only shared about ten of them but several of the pictures looked just like her so I figured I’d give it a try because even
It’s Not Scary Anymore
It’s been a little over two years since my divorce was finalized. I have learned A LOT in the last two years. The biggest lesson I’ve learned has been about fear. I just wanted to send you a little reminder. I stayed in a really messed up marriage for a long time because I was
Done is Better than Perfect
I’ve committed to writing a blog post a day for the next 90 days, and today I’m feeling the pressure of “perfection” which is not even attainable and it’s given me a major case of writer’s block. I also know that consistency is really important and I’m only on day 3 of writing 90 posts
Headphones
Even though there are less than seven years separating my youngest and my oldest, I still look at Kristofer and Ingrid as the older kids and Gretchen, Kasen and Marit as the little guys. None of them are little anymore. Especially Kasen, who is closing in on his 13th birthday. Kasen is five years younger
Declamation
Remember back in 2012 when I started this whole blog and Ingrid was the Infamous Number 4 at the time? Whether she was getting lost at the town beach or getting pissed that she had to go back to school or doing a Spartan Race with a broken elbow or catching critters outside… she always