“Experiment” is my word for the year, encouraging play and curiosity of routines. The word sets my intent for the posts, as well as my micro-goals. June’s “inventory” represented the “i”. I’m struggling on what to share tonight. Acknowledging that I am uncertain what to write about makes me human. I think it’s because I…
Tag: vulnerability
Goals Progress Report: February 2023
February flew by! While vulnerability was a theme for January, I tried to pay attention to the results of exposing and expressing my feelings. It was scary, but I feel fulfilled, as I’ve found space is key for me to actually feel the feelings. This virtual space is one way to share those feelings. Here…
Goals Progress Report: January 2023
Vulnerability was a theme of January 2023. After a particularly isolating day, my brother gave me space to vent, and he thanked me for showing my humanness, before sharing some tips. Later, a colleague check-in led to ample sharing, and I now feel a little safer in being vulnerable. Though people-pleasing and independent work are…
Word for 2022: Grace
Has anyone tried to live by a word for the year? I’ve followed author Gretchen Rubin for a long time, and though I don’t always agree with her views (such as my uncertainty of her personality book, The Four Tendencies), I’ve passively enjoyed her annual tradition of living by (or at least, writing) one word…
Why I don’t share every accomplishment via pixels
Happy 2020, everyone! In this New Year, it seems all of my Facebook friends have reflected on either A. all their accomplishments or B. their sense of dread at seeing option A everywhere. Let’s stop and think about this. We live in a world that values not only work, but presenting it to others, often…
The vulnerability of publicly sharing your story
Over the last month, I promoted my website to my social media followers, met with some new and old friends on communications projects, and have given a lot of head-space to what you’re reading right now. In honor of this baby’s 6-month birthday, I felt compelled to share my website to my small, very much…
I published 6 months ago. Here’s what I’ve learned so far
On January 19, 2019, I pressed “publish” to kaylielongley.com. Cue: jumping up and down on my kitchen’s linoleum floor, countless calls between my brother and me as its server shut down, and tons of edits to my homepage… that’s still a work in progress, thank you very much. At the time of writing, it’s almost…