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Would You Rather...? A Case for Staying on Your Current Timeline.
Recently—between my regularly scheduled doomscrolling—a post floated across my feed that genuinely sent me spiraling: Would you rather start over at 10 years old with all the knowledge you have today, or fast-forward to age 50 with several million dollars waiting for you? (For the record: not billionaire money. Just “very comfortable and no more budgeting spreadsheets ever again” money.) Of course, the question had spawned the usual celebrity reaction memes. Insert my own re
valeriecrook95
Nov 13, 20254 min read


Softer Than a Kitten, and You Don't Know the Life of a Job Seeker, Babe
"And you're never gonna wanna." Truer words were never spoken...and yet... Taylor's newest album was released on October 3, 2025, and I found myself singing along, just entering two months at my new job after deciding to leave my hectic but stable teaching career. I was observing some red flags but enjoying consistent paychecks. I thought that it would be okay, at first. The situation could be saved, of course. But I may have girl-bossed too close to the sun, and I may have a
valeriecrook95
Nov 4, 20254 min read
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Kicking and Screaming [Joints]: How a Weekly Beer League Heals Burnout from a Former soccer player
For 75% of the year, I spend my Wednesday evenings at Swope Soccer Village competing for a one-night-only coupon for free Charlie Hoopers pitchers. Yes, that means your reward for midweek cardio chaos at 9 p.m. is to take your sweat-soaked sports bra down the street to Brookside for some grade-A Miller Lite. And I 100% recommend it. Like many, I moved back to Kansas City after college as an adult, and I experienced the isolation of pandemic distancing big-time in 2020. Origin
valeriecrook95
Oct 23, 20254 min read


Lessons from Australia: A Teacher's Journey
This time last year, I had the opportunity to embark on an adventure of a lifetime. As the official chaperone for my high school here in...
valeriecrook95
Jul 13, 202511 min read


AI Just asked me if I wanted it to generate this blog post
And so here it is. I'm just as curious to read it as you are. I gave it the topic of itself. "Tell me about AI, the fear around it, how...
valeriecrook95
Jun 25, 20257 min read
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