Let’s declare a function. Lets set our constant selfCare = The notion of self care is about as ubiquitous as the word Zen and mindfulness. All of them are absolutely indispensable, but they are usually used as adjectives to fluff up a mission statement or profile or some other means…

Balance in creating code that is readable and maintainable is a matter of being able to write code that’s not so dry that you are thirsty by the time you’ve logged out of the console, but not so verbose as to become a augmented version of Where in the World…

Self. Other. Us. No self would exist if there were no other self to give it a container to grow out from (or within). In the same way the existence of self necessitates the existence of another and allows for both self and other. This in turn allows for a…

I like to think I ask good questions and speak to the point. I have also become self aware over the years of my willingness to do so. Frequently. My own practice has become taking the “ten second pause” before opening my mouth; sometimes the question remains, yet at others…

Recovery is a story of wins and loss. Usually, from the peer perspective the losses seem to out tally the wins, but in reality it’s just a need to right size the expectation of what a win looks like. Early on it can be walking out the front door to…

Day one of Alchemy Code Labs Developer 101 class and I’m in the kitchen eating handfuls of chips from the bag. Between getting lost in how spicy the new Habenero Lime actually was and being excited by finally starting this program my eyes panned across the burnt orange bag and…