If you would have asked me ten years ago where I saw myself in ten years, it might have gone something like this: Married with at least one child, well established in my career as a civil rights lawyer...
It’s November, and in a few days I will be making my transition from merely being “30” to being IN my 30s. Apparently there is a BIG difference between the two. There are a lot of realities of life...
“My life is one distraction after the. . .oh look, flowers!” For a while this was the description I had under the “about me” section on my Facebook page. Now it’s only on my Instagram page. While it is...
I have said this before, but it bears repeating: I hate waiting! Even though I’ve talked about how there are lessons in waiting, I still do not find it enjoyable and will avoid it whenever I can. Unfortunately, waiting,...
When I was a child I was fortunate to have people in my life that told me I could be whatever I wanted to be. That if I just put my mind to it (however elusive and nebulous “it”...
When I spent a semester living in Ghana during my junior year in college, I enjoyed studying the differences between American culture and Ghanaian culture, and contemplating the significance of these differences. I discovered that certain behaviors I assumed...
According to the Briggs Myer Personality test, I am an INFJ. I am introverted with a quiet and reserved disposition. Even though I have used Palooke’s World as a space to share perhaps more than I would normally, outside...
I know by 30 when someone asks you what do you do for a living, you should have some idea how to answer that question. And generally speaking I do have an answer. But as someone who is in...
A while back, my mother and I had a discussion on the idea of perfectionism, and people’s assertion that they are perfectionist. My mom, who I suspect was having flashbacks of aggravating former colleagues, rejected the idea that any...
I don’t know about you, but I am not a fan of waiting. That’s why I will change checkout lines three times at the grocery store, searching for the fastest line. Or I will give a deep side eye...