Life at Work Is Boring
Work does not have to entertain you, complete you, or become your identity. Sometimes it only has to be work.
Theo Okafor.
Follows good stories wherever they hide, from construction sites to coffee counters. No specialty means nothing is off the table.
Love the Land, not the Landlords
Loving the country and defending its government are two different things, and it took me years to stop letting the second borrow the first.
Your coworkers are not your friends
The people you work with can be wonderful company. They are still not the ones who owe you their life.
Let them talk
Someone will always have an opinion. The finished work is the only reply worth sending.
Be patient with everything
A poster on my wall says four impossible things. After years of ignoring it, I learned they were instructions, not decoration.