Over and over, pundits have decried Trump’s outlandish, unprecedented, and uncouth behavior with some version of this headline:

Looking for the top #WFH tips to hashtag live your best life during the COVID-19 pandemic? This isn’t that article. My wife and I are still “adjusting” to working from home with our 2.5 y/o daughter. adjust: verb, to move regularly between anxiety, hysteria, acceptance, and optimism––preferably on a schedule…

It’s sunny in Chicago today, and the streets are nearly deserted. And not due to frigid weather––the high today is 45F. While not quite “warm” (even by Chicago’s warped standards) a March day like this usually prompts outdoor activity en masse. Not to mention, it’s St. …

OR: What do The Wire, Freddie Grey, and the Iowa Caucuses have in common? A friend and compelling writer in Chicago pens an engaging weekly newsletter — which I highly encourage reading. (As someone who’s practically disastrous with personal email or reading any given source consistently, I actually look forward…

We’ll get back to you in a GIPHY 🙄 Bottom Line helps low-income and first-generation students get to and through college. Over the past year of working together on strategic student outreach, hundreds of students have re-connected to seek advising on financial aid, access career-related resources, and get assistance with complicated processes like transferring or re-enrolling in college. We…

Every week for the past year, I’ve spent at least one weekday at home with my daughter. Usually Wednesdays, but not always, because nothing in our life is consistent except chaos right now. Next week, she starts “school” (a Montessori daycare nearby), and I’ll have a full 5-day workweek for…

The Glamours of Entrepreneurship — On the day I typed this, entrepreneurship tasted like cigarette butts. More specifically, the Chitwood family’s morning coffee tasted distinctly of spent cigarettes. We switched, temporarily — thankfully — from locally-roasted sustainably-sourced beans to a massive pre-ground canister of Chock Full o’Nuts. And yes, many fancy coffees, wines, and liquors…

Thanks to my mother, I have no memories of life without coffee. A social coffee drinker married to a Dr. Pepper devotee, she just wanted someone to share a warm cup with (“devotee” is actually an understatement; my dad had nearly a 6-pack-a-day DP habit for the better part of…

The idea for my writing and storytelling business developed early in 2018, around the time my current job and program were threatening to implode underneath my feet. …