About

My name is Sarah. This website was created to support the development of my Fuzzy Boxes Planner and as a space to publish my writing.

Things about me, right now: I am 47, mother to one five year old boy, and married to Dylan. We moved from Long Beach, CA to London, UK in August 2024. It is currently a warm Spring day and a gentle breeze moves the leaves on the trees. We are just past the height of full blossom on every tree – the ground is scattered with tiny white petal like some inverted winter snowfall. My son is at school, the laundry is chugging away in the next room, and I am writing.

I love to write and compose and look forward to putting my thoughts into words for others. While I see my internal dialogue as a pithy, wry, and honest reflection spoken out loud and set to a emotionally penetrating soundtrack with a montage of some humorous and poignant images of me my going through my day. . .I am sure the reality is a lot less fabulous! I am not at that level. The resources to present a seamlessly edited life are a long way off. Now all that said, what I really hope is that the content I put out there is an accurate representation of me – genuine, sometimes funny, sometimes introspective, but always honest, reflective, and eager to inspire others.

While I will no doubt expand on these subjects in the blog over time, I will summarize a bit of my personal journey to where I am now. Which, (spoiler alert) in all respects a really awesome life, there are some big things I’ve never quite achieved (ahem – a real “career” for starters). I have had a wander-y professional life. I wish I could say I was expert at something. I wish I could say “I had a 15-year career in marketing then realized my calling was owning a petting zoo” (or the more groan-worthy “I was a corporate lawyer and decided my passion was sustainable sock weaving”). But no. I have cut my teeth in the broadly transferrable skill-world of assisting, administration, planning, and customer service.

I started off really wanting to try and make the world a better place – less war, more peace, that kind of thing. But pathways to anything resembling paid work in those broad areas were not open to me. I tried. I did a Masters in Peace Studies. I did human rights internships. I volunteered. I lived in Washington DC and tried to get something there that might be in that wheel house. I did a PhD in Geography, with research focusing on post-war urban reconstruction thinking maybe that would take me somewhere (and because I loved the idea of doing research and writing). But, the wider context and my personal condition did not meet up that vision of myself.

In the midst of these hopes and plans, the reality of rent and life always ultimately calls the shots. At times, I am adjunct professor. Other times, I do contract work. For a while I was field technician with my own company car. For many years you could say I was a professional temporary office worker (so many temp jobs!). Now, every minute of every day, I am home management professional (ok – you could also say “homemaker” but I like a turn of phrase that can be parlayed into resume speak). Despite the track record of employment triage, one of the deeply satisfying things about my working life is the people I’ve met. I grateful to have seen people at work in a wide-variety of professional settings and industries. I’ve seen the back offices and disorganized underbellies of so many places. I’ve met people who’ve stayed in jobs they are dispassionate about because the security won out over any social-pressure to “do what you love”. I’ve made some amazing friends, people who are not only different vastly different in age but also demographics and lifestyle. It’s neem interesting. And I think it has all made me a better person.

I’ve helped people do things better, smoothly, smartly, creatively, and within budget. I do it with a good attitude and a fundamental mindset of giving my best and learning everything I can about where I am at the moment. I have an eye design and like to try and do things better. I’m kind and I like to get the job done. I am empathetic and genuine. So, while I don’t have clear pathways to what being me, right now, means, I am nonetheless here with all 47 years under my belt. And I am still looking for a job, I might add (though hoping my current endeavor opens new opportunities!).