okay well it’s half an avocado
i was sad and then i remembered
that the whole reason i wound up in a creative field is because i used to do creative stuff to cope when i was sad
it’s the kind of avocado that’s more common here in colombia
Wrote this a year ago, was too scared to let many people see it then. Still scared now, but sharing anyway in the hopes that somebody out there enjoys it✨
so wild looking back at the date stamp of feb 21, 2020, which is one year and an entirely different reality ago
If you read the writing and are wanting to learn more about the buried history I refer to, it turns out a whole book has since been written. Learn more here:
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Interestingly: the Dutch are the tallest people in the world on average, and Indonesians are the shortest people in the world on average 🤔
I think about this in the colonial context all the time. What was that first encounter like? The Dutch must have looked like aliens, untouched by sunlight and gravity.
It's also good to maintain the perspective that people are making mental calculations about the support they'll need to provide for somebody against the ambient dysfunction that exists inside the org… and that's real
Managers are often unsupported, execs even less supported, and everyone in charge is trying to navigate the org against the blustering winds of the market and the economy. Doesn't excuse things but at least offers some empathy