Kimberly Hirsh

Finished reading: If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy 📚

Super cute modern Cinderella retelling.

Finished reading: Deep Blue (Survival Instincts, #0.5) by Adriana Anders 📚

💬 “I feel like I’m spending half my work time managing my mental and emotional ability to navigate a situation where I can’t confidently apply what I learn to what I’ll do next.” Kim Werker on Canada-to-US book tariffs feels applicable to a lot of us right now.

🔖 Read Should You Ditch Fixing Your Weaknesses And Lean Into Your Strengths? by Nicole Aherling (The Good Trade).

My top 3 strengths are either Input, Learner, Communication or Love, Curiosity, Creativity. Either way, I’ve built a life where these strengths lead the way. 💗

Thank you @cygnoir@social.lol for pointing the way to this beautiful thread about the power of connections we make online. 📚💬 “She strode the earth clad in the invisible armor of their virtual companionship.” ― Lev Grossman, The Magician King

Finished reading: Between the Devil and Desire by Lorraine Heath 📚

Much like I sometimes try to find Paramount+ on my phone by looking for the Star Trek app, just now I tried to find the Poirot app (which is, in fact, Britbox).

Please enjoy this extremely Kimberly blackout poem by Austin Kleon.

Me: Masquerade NYC posted a time, an intersection, and a passcode! But we can’t participate because we don’t live in New York. Spouse: I’m sorry. Me: It’s okay. I’m not gonna move to New York just to play in a Phantom of the Opera Alternate Reality Game. *heroically doesn’t search for an AirBnB*

Finished reading: In Bed With the Devil by Lorraine Heath 📚

Lorraine Heath is great at her job.