I think unlike most people, my life wasn’t changed by the pandemic, in-fact, I was living my best life. I’m an introvert, and at the time of the pandemic, I was living alone in my Brooklyn apartment. I didn’t even have my cats yet. I was already working from home, so the lockdown was just …read more.

I don’t have any morning rituals because I’m not a creature of habit, which a lot of times is to my detriment. But the morning ritual I strive to achieve is to wake up at 6am. 6:00am: Waking up at 6 is kind of hard because I am really only woke once the sun hits …read more.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a veterinarian. I got my first job in a pet store when I was 15 years old, and for the next 8 years, I continued to work for veterinarians. I started off as a kennel assistant cleaning cages, feeding the boarded pets and walking the dogs.  …read more.

Something most people don’t understand is doublespeak. It’s when a person says one thing, but really means something else which is usually something sinister. So, they make what they say sound acceptable enough so that people don’t clutch their pearls. Doublespeak is practiced a lot by white people in America when used in racist context, …read more.

Technology has changed my job because it made me lose it. I was tier 3 technical support at a software development company and my employer switched to AI to get rid of most of us. Although, it’s not really AI, but only automated messages from a brainless bot that just throws sequenced troubleshooting steps at …read more.

Not saying “No” is the number one killer of every American. I am the queen of, “No” and it makes people mad. Saying “No” means you have control over your life and which way you want it to go. It cuts off people who want to dictate where they want you to go. It immediately …read more.

What is your favorite type of weather? My favorite type of weather is just before spring transitions into summer in May-June and about mid-way between when summer is transitioning into fall in about mid-September to mid-October. This is my favorite kind of weather because I can go outside without a coat from the cold and …read more.

I don’t think people realize how geographically tiny Manhattan actually is. I took this pic of the entire length of it from NJ while on my lunch break at my old job. Using buildings as markers, World Trade Tower One (far right) is downtown, Empire State Building (middle) is midtown, and all those little needles …read more.

Who was your most influential teacher? Why? When I think of my most influential teacher, there is only one, my high school Orchestra teacher. A Jewish lady, towering at about 5′ 2″, she was very tall in my life by making sure I stuck to my music, so I would stay out of trouble. She …read more.

What do you wish you could do more every day? For the last couple months I’ve hit a mental cockblock. I was so excited to go back to school, and then the first monkeywrench that was thrown at me, now I’m losing motivation and slacking on studying. So I wish I could do more of …read more.