I hate it when I have to walk by every end cap to find the flavor of energy drink trying to impulse buy.

Great housing panel today, convened by @repemiliasykes.bsky.social!

Canva: THESE ARE OUR PREMIUM STRAIGHT LINES FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Striving for peak nerd status by multitasking Pokémon and kanji flash cards. 🇯🇵

Having a happy but surreal feeling about this idea that I’m a consultant with my own business. Like, a company consulted me, I delivered, they’re happy, and tomorrow we’re going to talk about what we’ll do together next. I’m really doing the thing! 🤯 www.widenorconsulting.com/blog/celebra...

I have a lot more processing to do before I can properly articulate my thoughts and feelings about the world news of the day, so for now I’m just dropping a gym selfie and planning to circle back.

How about if we just let trans people live their lives? Just a thought.

Great turnout for tonight’s event: Black History is Local History!

Back at it as self-promised! 🏊🏻‍♂️

16 years and 8 days ago, we met at a Valentine’s Day Eve speed dating event. Right around 16 years ago, we decided we were “really” dating. And the rest is history! So glad to have such a great partner in this life 😘

This week has had some stressors, but not enough to excuse the degree to which I allowed myself to slip on both my sleep and fitness disciplines. I’m forgiving myself for getting swept up in the swirl of busy-ness that I impose on myself and committing to locking back in. 💪

+ New -> Folder -> “*Completed Projects” ☺️

Today, more than a year after my last day at my old corporate job, I finally got the funds from my weird secondary retirement account rolled over to my IRA, making the financial relationship with them completely over! 🥳 …Until they decide to contract with me through my independent business ☺️

A line delivery you’ll never forget.

Munroe Falls Council President @rwidenor.bsky.social and I ask the Ohio Statehouse to stop attacking our Cities’ Home Rule powers of local self-government. More on #SB63 from @ohagainstextremism.bsky.social: ohagainstextremism.substack.com/p/finally-bipartisan-support-to-checks

Quick trip to the Capitol this week to network with folks working on alternative transportation fuels, get face time with our congressional offices on that topic, enjoy some good coffee, and of course, see my DC people! I am tired™️ but hope to do it all again soon!

How did ketchup earn the privileged position in our society as the default dipping sauce?

Another edition of “when internet friends become irl friends”! 🤗 @juiceton.bsky.social

That day-before-trip anxiety that says, “I don’t feel like I’m ready, but I can’t name a single thing I could do to get more ready.”

Happy (almost) birthday, Mom!! Can’t believe you’re about to be [redacted], and you can still kick our butts at pickleball any day. Love you! 😘

Today’s ability to function brought to you by Sudafed 💊🤧

Me: “Ugh, making a cute AI picture of yourself at work is such a frivolous waste of high-power computing resources.” Also me: *Plays a video game for more than 100 cumulative hours*

A day in two outfits. - City meeting about our aggregation program - Interview - Networking event - City Council meeting - Managed to squeeze in a lift! I think I’ll sleep well tonight!

I always forget how dark the movie Groundhog Day gets for a minute there.

Happy Black History Month! For this month, I’m looking to provide pro-bono comms/PR services for a Black-owned organization. If you know of anyone looking for strategic comms and PR support, drop a comment or send me a DM.

I learned how to spell chris anthem mum for a spelling bee when I was a kid, but I forget.

It's snowing again, and I'd actually like to ask, like, could it not? 🚫❄️🚫

It’s a double edged sword coming to the gym with the younger crowd. Overall it’s a nicer atmosphere, but some of the people literally look like they’re on that drug from The Beauty, and it makes me despair 😅

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This hilarious moment of Republicans saying “hey, having a gun on you all the time isn’t safe” now that they realize they’re not the only ones armed reminds me of the episode of Bojack Horseman where Diane encourages women to carry and it leads to a total firearm ban 😂

Vaporeon says: protect streams and waterways; don’t litter, recycle what you can!

I slipped in a snowy intersection downtown and went down on the same knee as the incident below. Great month for that knee 🙃

Welp, I ended up deciding to accept the role of president of my local Democratic Club. Can’t be messing around this year! Lfg

My win tonight is letting the bedtime I set for myself actually inform when I go to bed 🫡

A tale of two snow days: As I was chugging away at getting our driveway and all our walks cleared, somebody drove down the still not plowed main drag of the neighborhood, pulling a kid on a sled behind them. Enjoy it, kid! ❄️

I wrote both of my Senators today. I know it can feel like a hopeless endeavor, but they ought to hear how we are all feeling about this.

Frustrated and heartbroken over the news of more chaos and death today. Take care of yourself, take care of one another, and do what you can where you can 🩵 [clipped slightly to meet 3 minute limit]

Maybe for the one-year anniversary of my solo consulting business I'll update Google Maps to no longer label my old office as "Work." 😂

The weather report: “It’s 27 degrees F and sunny - should be a great winter day for walking the dog!” The wind: “HAHA JK IT’S MINUS ONE MILLION 🥶”

Ope, I officially got my first ad encouraging me to emigrate to Canada 😅 Gotta say, I can understand the appeal, but I am committed to staying and working on fixing what’s broken here 🇺🇸

My self-care reflection for the day: Sometimes there are unread emails and messages. That is okay. They do not mean that I’m behind on what’s important. Other people don’t have a right to 24/7 real-time access to my attention.

Something my husband said reminded me of the dancing cucumber song from Veggie Tales, so we had to drop everything and watch that real quick. 🥒🍅

Update! All is chill ☺️💯

Send calm and civil vibes for this evening 🧘🏻‍♂️

Up first thing to kick off the year with the Chamber! I guess the leis put us in a sunnier mindset in light of the single-digit temperatures 🥶

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Honoring the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King today. This is a quote I often come back to when things feel heavy, and we’ve certainly had some dark days recently. (1/2)

In general, I am frankly the most organized person I know (especially digitally), but my Achilles' heel is creating a folder called "References" and then just dumping whatever the hell I want in there.

Feeling under the weather, so I’m listening to my body and taking it easy to the max today. Remember to rest when you need it! 🩵