Thoughts & Prayers
[Listen to an audio version of this poem here.] This poem is not based on a true story. It is a poem. It is a story. Like everyone, I am...
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Sarah Rose
- May 15, 2022
- 3 min
Mother's Day Poem
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] This post is arriving a day late and a dollar short, which is both a common idiom and...
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Sarah Rose
- May 8, 2022
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Creativity & Anxiety
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] People have swung around the idea for a long time that art is a privilege; that rich kids...
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Sarah Rose
- Apr 7, 2022
- 4 min
Look Up (an Anecdote)
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I could see the stars tonight. Well, not all the stars, but enough of them to notice...
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Sarah Rose
- Apr 3, 2022
- 3 min
Slowing Down to Move Forward
[Listen to an audio version of my blog here.] "How fun you get to travel for work," said my friend, whose job does not require travel. I...
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Sarah Rose
- Mar 31, 2022
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How To Write A Better Resume
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I've been writing/editing on a freelance basis for over 4 years now. At first, I was...
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Sarah Rose
- Mar 28, 2022
- 3 min
Why I Donate
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] Sometimes, you just feel a certain way and can't explain it. When it's gloomy on the...
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Sarah Rose
- Mar 20, 2022
- 4 min
Why I Took (Another) New Job
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I took a new job last November (you can read about that job search process here). I had...
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Sarah Rose
- Mar 6, 2022
- 5 min
How I Write Poems
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] “Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” ~ Rita Dove I studied...
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Sarah Rose
- Feb 6, 2022
- 4 min
Lessons From the Last ~29 Years
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I feel like I was just turning 25, and here I am, turning 29. The last year of my 20's...
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Sarah Rose
- Jan 20, 2022
- 4 min
Thoughts on Growth From White Wine & Hemingway
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] The other day I drank 8 ounces of dry white wine and read through notes I'd written in...
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Sarah Rose
- Jan 16, 2022
- 3 min
My Instagram Account Got Hacked. Here's How I Got It Back.
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] There are 1.386 billion (yes, billion) people using Instagram. Say what you want about...
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Sarah Rose
- Jan 13, 2022
- 3 min
A Lesson About Sales
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] "She's losing them," I thought to myself. I was sitting beside one of my colleagues at a...
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Sarah Rose
- Jan 6, 2022
- 3 min
A Look Back on 2021
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] At the end of 2020, everyone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, like "thank God we...
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Sarah Rose
- Jan 1, 2022
- 2 min
A Poem For 2021
Every year, I write an end-of-the-year poem. I hope 2021 was good to you. At the very least, I hope it wasn't all bad. And I hope you...
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Sarah Rose
- Dec 30, 2021
- 5 min
Pros & Cons of Being a Grown Person
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I would like to thank the random internet stranger friend who gave me both the idea for...
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Sarah Rose
- Dec 26, 2021
- 4 min
A Blog About Blogging
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] I launched this blog on September 16, 2018, which seems both like yesterday and a decade...
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Sarah Rose
- Dec 19, 2021
- 4 min
Living in a World of Distraction
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] Once upon a time, I dated a man-child-thing who was lovely in some ways but prone to...
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Sarah Rose
- Dec 9, 2021
- 7 min
Books I Read in 2021
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] A short, uncomprehensive list of the books I read this year, in no particular order #1....
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Sarah Rose
- Dec 2, 2021
- 4 min
If You Have To Wonder, You Might Already Know The Answer
[Listen to an audio version of this blog here.] “If you have to wonder,” she said, “you might already know the answer.” She wasn’t...
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