Voices in the Morning
It’s been almost four months since I came home for the quarantine. I’m in the suburbs now, where my parents have lived for the last 20 years. In the mornings, when the neighborhood still sleeps and the lawnmowers haven’t yet begun their Floridian summer sonata, I go out to run. I take advantage of the…
How Would You Know You Weren’t Being A Phony?
I spent this past year in Chicago at a job that I can’t say I loved. In July I left the job, moved home for a few months and spent a lot of time thinking. I had realized over the last year that during the weeks I was doing well in my sales job, I…
Let’s Stop Saying “Back to Reality”
A few weeks ago I moved back into my college apartment. I’ve been gone since December and the time between when I left and right now included camping in Oregon, climbing mountains in China, and exploring cities like Tokyo and Shanghai. Lots of adventure. I studied and worked some of my time abroad, but I…
Stefano Montali 