24. Ghost 👻

Spooky season is coming up, so I figured the title was appropriate. Also, fitting for other reasons, more on that in a second.

If you're new here, welcome. This is basically a space where I go on about all my musings, whether it's my personal life, my work life, or my curated life. It's a gathering place for the integrated version of meeeeee.

Just an FYI, I'm probably going to go on and on about integration. If that's not your jam, that's cool too. I'm just never getting back into the box again.

The box? What is the box?

The box was the seven-year innovation detour I took. It was the policy-writing, check-the-box version of myself, the one who went so far as hiding all her firsts because she couldn't dare outshine anyone in her orbit. For years I dimmed myself. First vehicle. First house. First pack of dogs. First time being invited to NASA. All the things, basically, I kept to myself. Even my entire social media presence, since the beginning of time, has never included a single photo of me.

I look back at that now, and I feel sad for her. The version of myself who had to put on armour just to exist.

So yeah, integration this, integration that. I'm genuinely excited for this leg of the journey, and I'm bringing y'all along, ghosts and all.

Eeeeeeeeeeeek, I'm so dang exciteddddddd....

Aakuluk ❤️

- C