Tag: Life

The Other Essential Workers: Parents

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date May 5, 2020
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One question that COVID-19 has brought to the forefront of our societal conversations is, Who are the essential workers?

The first professions that immediately spring to mind are obvious: doctors, nurses, firefighters, police officers. However, the pandemic has proven that there are additional tiers and classes of essential workers, including grocery store employees, delivery drivers, warehouse employees, non-frontline healthcare employees, and teachers.

My wife and I are in these last two categories.

Tags COVID-19, Fatherhood, Life, Parenting, Work, Work Life Balance

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I’m Keeping a COVID-19 Journal

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date April 9, 2020
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I’m not a journaler by nature.

Yes, I have written down my innermost thoughts on occasion, but generally I jot down short quick notes on almost everything that pops into my brain that I then compile to use later for writing that I will publish, either here or in my newsletter.

Yet I felt that living through a time when a viral droplet infection — a silent, invisible killer — raced across the globe and was documented in real time was as good an occasion as any to keep a daily record of my thoughts.

Tags COVID-19, Health, Journal, Life, Writing

Writing

My Very Best Writing of 2019

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date December 16, 2019
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Is it really going to be 2020?

Tags Best of, Best of 2019, Career, Children, Creativity, Fatherhood, Hip-Hop, Life, Music, Rap, Sports, Work, Work Life Balance

Life

A Dream Shattered

It’s after 1 a.m. on a Saturday night/Sunday morning and while I’m ostensibly doing work for a class I’m taking, I can’t stop thinking about a phone call I received today. The bottle of wine I just finished is helping with the deep reflection, just FYI.

Tags Friendship, Health, Life

Life

A Perfect Moment in an Imperfect Life

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date November 8, 2019
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“Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.”
— Emily Brontë

As a parent and homeowner, it can be difficult to not become a slave to tasks.

Tags Autumn, Learning, Leaves, Life, Life Hack, LIfe Lessons, Love, Quiet

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A Wedding Is Not a Marriage

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date September 19, 2019
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The ceremony should serve as the base camp of a mountain, but far too many people treat it like the peak

Tags Children, Happiness, Life, LIfe Lessons, Love, Marriage, Weddings

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Walking Away from My Dream Career Path Saved My Life

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date February 8, 2019
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“Anything that costs you your peace is too expensive.”

— Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

I was dying to work for a Fortune 500 company.

Tags Business, Career, Happiness, Life, Work, Work Life Balance

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Don’t Break the Chain: The Value of Persistence

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date January 21, 2019
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I began playing organized basketball at the age of six.

By the age of ten, I was playing year-round for various travel teams in various leagues, almost always in the age bracket above mine. There was never an offseason. Camps, practices, summer leagues, fall leagues, spring leagues, open gyms – I did it all. When state rules prevented us from holding official practices, we all met at our point guard’s home and conducted practices on the full court in his backyard.

Basketball was an everyday thing.