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I’ve always been a helper, though, someone who wants to make things better, help those around me reach their potential, and generally leave things better than I found them

Keywords: Leading with Moral Authority

I want to help my community and others like it be better, stronger, more prosperous, more connected, more real. I want to help neighbors reconnect with each other, find their common cause and go after it together. I want to help local governments, small businesses, non-profits and and public service organizations develop strategies and models that encourage a clear and strong community identity, one that attracts positive energy, and provides opportunities for all members to not just survive but to thrive, to grow, to prosper, and to dream about a future where their children can do even better than they did.
https://nicolederr.com/2026/01/07/reflecting-on-a-year-in-transition

2026-02-20
Unlike […] younger equivalents of a shackled Katherine, adult me could continue to push for what I wanted

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In part, this blogpost is some sort of catharsis; a justification to myself that it’s okay I didn’t move to Berlin in 2020, regardless of how many people I told about my plan or how much I wanted it. But moreso, it’s a championing of letting life do its thing. An oddly fitting side note to the Berlin saga is that I went to four broken photo booths in one day before finally finding one where I could get new passport pictures. The lord works in mysterious ways. When the tech company I was working for ran out of money and fired 300+ people at the start of April, I was on the cusp of a promotion (the latest juicy carrot I’d created for my donkeylike self to trod towards), so it was a pretty rubbish letdown. But, no pickaxes this time. I choose to be of the mindset that it wasn’t meant to be.
https://katherinecorcorancom.wordpress.com/2022/04/29/in-favour-of-a-pickaxeless-take-on-life

2026-02-19
As a teenager and young adult, I wanted to be a writer [but] it became apparent that I did not have the dedication or talent to become a published author

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When I retired after 37 years teaching I started this blog, partly with the intention of putting forward my views on education. It has now become a way of putting forward my views on just about everything, hopefully in a mostly positive way. It is a way of thinking things through for myself, and is also a small compensation for missing the endlessly interesting chat of the staffroom.
https://markoblique.wordpress.com/about

2026-02-18
[Stories] have been told through the generations and because they focus on human emotions and failings they are as relevant today as they were thousands of years ago

Keywords: #ayearinblogs , blog , blogs , communication , digital , facebook , social media , technology , internal communication , media , newspapers , PR , public relations , twitter

If that is the case, and we are all really storytellers, then why don’t we make better use of it in the modern era? Storytelling is all around us. In a formal way it is on the television in the news, entertainment and information programmes. There are stories in all the newspapers and to some extent this can be seen as a form of storytelling, as I sit writing this blog.
https://amandacomms1.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/i-want-to-tell-you-a-story

2026-02-17
I want someone who can handle my chaos without trying to shrink it

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I’m a hopeless fucking romantic with a filthy mind and standards so high they require emotional intelligence, secure attachment, consistency, and the ability to survive my personality. I want depth. I want heat. I want softness.
https://mentalhealthisok.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/who-am-i

2026-02-16
I was trying to convince myself I was happy, that I was where I wanted to be, where I should be — despite every instinct in my body telling me otherwise

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After the tears, and the grief for the life I thought I wanted, I started to see that I am meant for so much more than mediocrity — and trying to convince the wrong person I’m right.
https://blueeyedsoulsearcher.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/i-thought-i-knew-what-i-wanted

2026-02-13
I always wanted to create a space for people like me

Keywords: Personal Story , Tech Career

This is the community I once needed.
This is my way of giving back.
https://behindtechcareers.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/it-took-me-10-years-to-find-my-voice-in-tech-heres-why-im-finally-writing

2026-02-12
I want to have companions but I’ll go it alone if the time calls for it

Keywords: writing , anxiety , art , creative writing , daffni gingerich , depression , life , poetry , prose , relationships

I know there’s more and I’ll keep to the path. Not to gain power and knowledge but to entertain my curiosity. To let my teeth sink into life and taste all it has to offer.
https://daffniblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/its-a-new-beginning

2026-02-11
I merely wanted to learn how to build my own website

Keywords: ruminations

Now, I realize that I had inadvertently given my future self (which is now my present self, imagine that!) a goldmine of memories to read back on. You won’t find my old blog posts anywhere online (lkvy.com was so unpopular that even the Wayback Machine didn’t bother archiving anything): they’re all on two CDs. HUNDREDS of Salon of Shame-worthy posts that I can get embarrassed in secret about.
https://squaremeat.com/2018/03/19/look-at-me-pressing-some-words

2026-02-10
My children were young, and I wanted to be around when they grow up

Keywords: awareness , blogging , health , inspiration , life , daily writing , effective blogging , healthy-living , running , value of blogging

Invariably during my runs, especially on those long and tedious runs, I discover inspirations from my adrenaline pumped body, environment, or running partners. These inspirations are what I called my Buddha moments. I suppose I could have called them the Eureka moments. But since most of these inspirations are of a spiritual nature, the Buddha won.
https://run2src.wordpress.com/2015/10/16/why-running-with-buddha

2026-02-09