Checking In

Joining LinkedIn and trying to link up with people from my past has been a very interesting experience.

Daring to show myself to others in even that small way has shaken up some sleeping fears within me.

It has also reconnected me a sliver of souls who have welcomed me with open arms--that's been the best part.

Not every invitation I send is accepted. I've had to release any attachement to an outcome as I dare to connect. Still, each invitation I send is a conscious choice, often inspired by a distinct memory I have of the person, like a classmate who wrote a personal essay I read my sophomore year at Penn that I still think about.

In this video I share a lot. A lot about my childhood, the underserved district in which my education began, and the impetus for sending an invitation to a classmate from high school because of how he impacted me.

Makes me think LinkedIn might be useful after all...

From December 2025:

I'm not sure how long I'll last on LinkedIn. Honestly, girls, this will probably be my last post, divine intervention notwithstanding.

LinkedIn, I'm finding, plugs me in to the matrix a little more than I'd like. For example, I got my January bill from NYSEG--New York State Electric & Gas this morning: $99, my highest bill since moving into my apartment in June.

I was more than ready to blame the two garlands my mom put up for me, which had been plugged in and lit up almost ceaselessly for at least two weeks. And maybe they were the culprit.

Regardless, on LinkedIn I just saw a trending headline on rising energy bills and how they're projected to continue surging into 2026. Meanwhile, AI--which so many brilliant minds are wasting their time developing in the name of profit--AI is literally stealing our energy. We are paying for AI slop to rule the internet in more ways most of us realize.

A student of mine just wrote a paper on Shenzen, a city in China with its own AI "brain center."

I want to cosmic scream.

So, darling, how are you?

Here's what I shared on LinkedIn, an invitation for others to share how they've been fairing. I feel it will be my last post for what I project to be a good, long while, but you never know. One positive of being on the platform is that it's allowed me to reconnect with my college bestie. While the big catch-up will happen off LinkedIn, I appreciate the platform in that it can, indeed, link us. So here's the post:

Checking in! How are you doing? 

I don't know about you, but the energies of this time have been much like the ones I express in this PSA below--laughing and crying and reveling in the beauty of life, releasing all that rises. I made this video & recorded the accompanying song about a year ago today. 

These past few days I've been thinking about all the ways in which I've journeyed: I've fallen, risen, and dared to face the open road again. And again. If there is one personal trait I'm most proud to have cultivated, it is the relentless desire to rise. And we can only rise when we dare to be untethered. When we dare to release.

All that to say: I have been releasing in abundance. Tears have been shed and my oh my: it feels wonderful to cry.

Just reaching out to see if I can keep my finger on the energetic pulse of our collective. How are you, hun?

Updates and catch-ups welcome!

XO,

Spirit