Open for business
I’m thrilled to announce that I am now an independent mobile app consultant, and am available to take on new projects. 🎉🚀 Can you help me find work?
🧠 Learning to swear
One aspect of my OCD recovery has been learning that swearing is ok. While my goal is not to be constantly profane, I am not a horrible person if I curse. And neither is anyone else who does.
🛡 Remote work thoughts
My manager asked us to write up our thoughts on remote work, as we have all experienced a form of it in this pandemic. I decided I wanted to share my thoughts more broadly. With some edits for a more general audience, the text below is what I sent out.
🛡 Thoughts on leadership
In my job as a software engineering manager, I was recently asked to speak about leadership. As I prepared the presentation, I realized that this topic is a passion of mine, even rivaling my passion for mental health awareness. I will share my thoughts over a series of articles.
💮 Trying stand-up comedy
I have long nursed a secret desire to do stand-up comedy, although I have allowed my fears to hold me back from trying. I finally made the attempt as part of my OCD recovery, and enjoyed the experience.
💮 Summer reading fun
💮 What mental illness feels like
A series with an inside look at the effects of mental illness and the way that I have made sense of it in my life.
🌀 Ordering by size
🌀 Relative suffering
It is important to acknowledge and validate your own suffering irrespective of its intensity relative to the suffering of someone else. You don’t have to suffer the most in order to have suffered.
💮 Coming out
tl;dr Hi, I’m Ben, and I have OCD. 👋