MANIFESTO!

These are some of my truths as I understand them today. You should feel free to challenge any one of my words and I will feel free to say all of them.

"Speak what you think today in hard words
and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again,
though it contradict every thing you said today."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson


These are, for the most part, opinions I wouldn't share while asking for employment. That being said they are opinions that shape how and where I look for employers.

Work.

My passion, at the root of all passions, is organizing. I love devising predictable systems out of chaos. I can't help but smile in the office supply store, surrounded by filing cabinets and bins of all sizes for all different uses.

Creativity.

People who claim they're not creative just have a bum definition. Creativity is human nature.

Boundaries.

Boundaries in time and attention are important to my work/life balance. It is critical to stop answering emails at some point during the day, to turn off the cell phone and enjoy my own life. Occasionally I just have to stop answering to other people’s demands on my time.

Capitalism.

Capitalism is a system that works for a few, but the many work for the system. I think that if the majority of the people of the world are suffering then the system isn’t working. The valuation of humans based in a system that requires inequality is bound to leave everyone unhappy in one form or another.

Social justice.

I thoroughly believe that every person has the chance to change the life of at least one person. Seems simple enough to me. If I don't consciously affect the world around me, then I'll do it accidentally.

"I know there is strength in the differences between us
and I know there is comfort where we overlap."
~Ani DiFranco