HeyJaredIs It Just Me?
Finding connection in those "real life" moments we all experience but don't always talk about
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Manspreading (opens the original)
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Boarding my connecting flight through Vegas, I arrived at my middle seat to find my seatmate’s right elbow extending noticeably into my seat as he played poker on his phone. He’d already raised our shared armrest.The spread of his freckled knees exceeded two feet (an estimate Xiaobs confirmed) and didn’t change once I sat down.While he was a larger guy, he was clearly taking up more space than his frame required.As I typed on my tablet throughout the flight, my forearm rubbed against his fuzzy g
Friendship-as-commitment (opens the original)
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When I was moving to Michigan for graduate school, my best friend flew from Dallas to New Orleans so we could make the three-day drive up to Ann Arbor together.Two years later he reversed the trip to help me move home, and three weeks after that, he flew back to NOLA for my house warming.If a Team Lelia exists, Bryan has been its most consistent member.Bryan’s presence has been an integral part of every major moment of my adulthood. He has been such a prominent feature of my life that my cousin
I wish I could unsend this email (opens the original)
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Last Friday, I sent an email to five people that I would later regret.I’d been stressing about a situation for weeks, and I felt a flurry of urgency to take action. My note was efficient and direct, including two bulleted lists. I congratulated myself for getting it off my docket.Then the first response came in.My intent was to loop in all the stakeholders and create a shared plan of action.My impact was to leave someone I respect questioning her own actions and feeling responsibl
Can you be my divorce lawyer? (opens the original)
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I once asked my realtor, “Can you also be my divorce lawyer?”My realtor and friend Adrienne LaBauve is so competent, I wish she could handle every facet of my life and business.She sold me my first house and then helped me sell it over a decade later. She’s been my go-to referral for all things real estate since we first met in 2015.I hold her in such high esteem, it was a huge honor when she told me she wanted to have her own Strategic Vacation.<
I’ve done this 500 times (opens the original)
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The first time I meaningfully looked away from the computer on Monday, it was 3pm.What started as a flurry of enthusiasm about planning for an upcoming Strategic Vacation became an unpleasant, relentless drive.By mid-afternoon, my eyes were starting to hurt, and I realized I’d forgotten to eat lunch.As soon as I’d try to tear my eyes away from the computer screen, a new task would come to mind with false urgency. I bargained with myself, “I’ll just finish this one thing”Everything was starting t
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