Archive

  • New Beginnings: Back to where it all began

    It’s been a lot longer than I think I realized since I’ve actively created content online. I’ve spent the last several years focusing instead on growing into my role as a lecturer in communications,…

  • The Medium Blogging List

    Hello! I’ve decided to dust this old blog off and start writing again, but I wanted to point in the direction of where I wrote between the end of the blog’s first chapter and…

  • Moments to Me: A Transition Story, Part 1

    Moments to Me: A Transition Story, Part 1

    This post has been cross-posted from my Medium profile. Please follow me on there for more stories! “Referral office, how can I direct your call?” Heart beats. “Alright, Miss Hall,” I sigh, but I…

  • The night I learned I’m not an introvert

    The night I learned I’m not an introvert

    Therapy, man. You think you know yourself, but you are dead wrong. I am 25 years old, and for many years I have operated under the understanding that I am an introvert. When I first…

  • It’s Been a Long Time Coming (Out): Becoming Parker

    I created this blog in 2013, and appropriately named it “Finding the Pieces.” I wanted to write while documenting the process of figuring out who I am (because what else is your 20s for?)…

  • One Last Move (For Now)

      April 27, 2017 I realized today that I have a tradition of taking and posting a single photo of all of my luggage each time I move. It started when I moved (briefly)…

  • So Chicago it is: Learning to say ‘thy will be done’

    In my last blog post, I talked about how I was in a season of change and uncertainty. I was unemployed without much sense of direction, and I was still adjusting to life back…

  • Falling

    I sometimes forget how much I love music. During seasons of hectic schedules and chaos I occasionally go a few weeks or months without putting in headphones, only to be surprised by how much…

  • 6 ways to survive winter while still saving money on your power bill

    Welcome to January. It’s dark, wet, and freaking freezing. Now given the fact that it’s 2017, I am well aware of the inventions of modern-day civilization, namely the blessed metal box god of warmth:…