HeyJaredMegan Steen
Aspiring writer, podcaster, and curious soul figuring out life one story at a time. Sharing lessons on love, loss, spirit animals, and what it really means to grow into who you are meant to be.
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The Weight of the World, and the Beauty of My Bubble (opens the original)
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The weight of the world, and the strange balancing act of living inside the comfortable bubble I personally inhabit, feels heavier than normal lately.I think a lot of humanity is feeling this shift, too.How do I wake up to headlines about increasingly severe climate events, political upheaval, attacks on independent journalism, and precious children in Gaza fighting for their lives while scared children in Ukraine go to school in underground bomb shelters? And then, minutes later, switch it all
Dear 30-Year-Old Me (opens the original)
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It’s me… almost 40.It’s been quite the decade.You started your 30s rising in your career, divorcing your college sweetheart, and losing most of your friends because of it. It was not the decade you had pictured. You will learn that grief can be the death of the idea of how your life turns out too. But you rose from the ashes anyway.I want you to know that this dark valley you’ve just entered eventually brightens. Yes, you’ll start your personal life over from scratch. You’ll find a tiny 500-squa
The Kind of Men We Need to See More Of (opens the original)
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I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again: over the last decade or so, I think television has surpassed the movie industry in storytelling.Every once in a while, though, a great film comes along and reminds me why I love movies.This year, two have done exactly that.And interestingly, neither would normally land on my list of favorite genres.One is science fiction. The other is an ancient epic about war, gods, and a 20-year journey home.And yet, both completely blew me away.First: Project Hail
The Story That Took 14 Years to Make Sense (opens the original)
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There are certain stories in life that unfold slowly, so unexpectedly, that you don’t even realize their significance until years later. The kind that feel… cosmic. The slow burn of it unravels without you having any idea of what’s to come.This is one of those stories.About 14 years ago, I was a very green marketer in the B2B software world. Eager. Curious. Ready to absorb anything and everything. It was 2012, and I had just transitioned from the social media team to our SEO (search engine optim
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