I'm Chavi. I've been paid to be a writer. A strategist. An omni-channel marketer. A manager. An email marketer. A designer...
I can't tell you how to not die when the power goes out. It depends on where you are, who you're with, where you are, and why it's happened. I can tell you how to not die due to boredom. Because there's so much fun you can have, depending on what your definition of fun is. You might not have the internet, where you're reading this right now. Here's what you can do instead. If you have devices that…
I lived through a severe heatwave. I kind of almost died because (... there was a fire. also lived. also still fine. that's a story for another time. maybe. unrelated to the current topic. this happened later) ... I was in a small, enclosed, too-humid space, and there was no air circulation. I didn't, because I knew what to do and cool myself down before it was too critical and I'd end up in an…
There's a big world of websites outside of social media and not found in Google searches, and this is one of them. I discovered Bear a few years ago and when it came time to commit to a platform for my personal website, I didn't want another WordPress blog. I wanted something old-school, like the web I grew up in and used to love. I've paid for Bear to have a custom domain, and the footer can be…
Learning, as it exists at scale currently, isn't aligned with how people actually learn. Education systems built upon decades of institutionalized knowledge, revised annually to update with emerging trends, aren't directly related to the reality of how jobs function and apprenticeship programs are far too few. Also, there's AI. Work is rapidly shifting and educational trends haven't kept up.…