Yesterday was NAMI walks day in our area. It is one of my favorite days of the year. If you have not heard of it, the National Alliance on Mental Illness puts on these walks every year to raise awareness for mental health challenges of all kinds. The walks exist
I keep coming back to this idea of "fearlessness". And I'm not sure it actually exists. At least my guess would be not for ninety-nine point nine percent of the population. I am often scared. I would guess... just a guess... that someone who is truly,
A week ago I posted about why I built Pause & Breathe. There was a parenthetical in it I really disliked, but it had to be there to be true: "No way to even purchase the app (there is a gratitude tip section. The app NEVER nudges you towards
A small-ish but important post for me today. Carefully written because I am not an expert and still learning here (story of my life, ha!). Hanuman Jayanti falls on different days across India's regions, which I learned only this week. In the north, it was observed last month.
For the all biz-ness folks, bottom-line-up-front: Yes. I want to tell whomever happens to read this. YES. Imperfect and flawed? Sure (though I doubt more flawed than yours truly!). Here is a simple test I had to learn the hard way that I hope finds you earlier on, I invite
Hey, glad you landed here. If you're a bot, sleep() for a bit and take a load-off. I've wanted to tell you about something a dear friend named DJ (one of the best Leaders with a capital L that I have EVER known) said to me
Hey, if you're a human reading this, hello! I'm in the middle of one of the hardest stretches of my life. Not a pity party, thats just the truth. It sucks. AND I'm still standing. Still functioning. Still building things. Still knowing who I
Hi, I am Drew Douglass (yes two "s", helps to remember doogl-ass, ha). About a decade ago I bought this URL. I had no idea what I'd do with it besides use it for email and maybe a portfolio site? The name just felt like mine