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I Once Took Advil to Mask An Injury. Here’s Why I Wouldn’t Do It Again.

There are lines we don’t cross, not only for health, but out of principle

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I Once Took Advil to Mask An Injury. Here’s Why I Wouldn’t Do It Again.

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Corporate Underbelly

I Got a Job After Over a Hundred Rejections — Here’s What I Learned

Learning to see from the employer’s perspective

5d ago

I Got a Job After Over a Hundred Rejections — Here’s What I Learned

5d ago

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Getting Humbled By Illness

Realizing that good health is a privilege

Feb 21

Getting Humbled By Illness

Feb 21

How Taking Breaks Has Made Life More Manageable

It has helped absolve me of the tunnel vision

Feb 11

How Taking Breaks Has Made Life More Manageable

Feb 11

I Tried to Disengage From Politics After the Election, But I Failed

Even when it is the least politically advantageous and the most professionally detrimental

Jan 31

I Tried to Disengage From Politics After the Election, But I Failed

Jan 31

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The Partnered Pen

Why The Individualism of “Blue Lock” Is So Compelling to Me

As a runner, I relate to the tug of war between the ego versus the team

Jan 20

Why The Individualism of “Blue Lock” Is So Compelling to Me

Jan 20

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Corporate Underbelly

In The Middle of a Snowstorm, The Mailman Still Delivered Our Mail

How this epiphany is making me a better neighbor

Jan 11

In The Middle of a Snowstorm, The Mailman Still Delivered Our Mail

Jan 11

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With Love

Becoming a Boring Person and Living a Boring Life

In 2025, I won’t be looking to self-improve

Jan 1

Becoming a Boring Person and Living a Boring Life

Jan 1

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The Partnered Pen

How “The Road Not Taken” Encourages Me To Stop Agonizing

Making a decision at a crossroads instead of hesitating

Dec 27, 2024

How “The Road Not Taken” Encourages Me To Stop Agonizing

Dec 27, 2024

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The Narrative Arc

My Love-Hate Relationship With Routines

Appreciating the moments that will never come again will be the next transformative change

Dec 22, 2024

My Love-Hate Relationship With Routines

Dec 22, 2024

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The Partnered Pen

How a Debilitating Injury Changed Me As a Long-Distance Runner

It made me realize I won’t be a runner forever.

Dec 17, 2024

How a Debilitating Injury Changed Me As a Long-Distance Runner

Dec 17, 2024

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Runner's Life

Being Labeled As Untalented

We should have a more fluid perspective around talent and its connection to hard work

Dec 11, 2024

Being Labeled As Untalented

Dec 11, 2024

How “Warming Up” Helps Me Delay Gratification

As a runner, the first mile always feels terrible, but it’s a necessary step in the process

Nov 28, 2024

How “Warming Up” Helps Me Delay Gratification

Nov 28, 2024

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Runner's Life

Breaking Through The Wall After Three Years of Plateau

A marathon personal best reframed my expectation of what is possible

Nov 14, 2024

Breaking Through The Wall After Three Years of Plateau

Nov 14, 2024

Disappointed, But Not Surprised In Trump’s Re-Election

We Democrats need to recalibrate, but I’m not quite sure how

Nov 9, 2024

Disappointed, But Not Surprised In Trump’s Re-Election

Nov 9, 2024

I Was Wrong About Kamala Harris Five Years Ago

Why I changed my mind on supporting Kamala

Nov 3, 2024

I Was Wrong About Kamala Harris Five Years Ago

Nov 3, 2024

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The Partnered Pen

Why Stubbornness Is My Survival Mechanism

It comes from feeling like I can’t make my own decisions, but sometimes, it holds me back

Oct 31, 2024

Why Stubbornness Is My Survival Mechanism

Oct 31, 2024

The Day I Quit Baseball

Even when something doesn’t work out and you quit and give up, there’s a whole world out there, waiting to be explored.

Oct 19, 2024

The Day I Quit Baseball

Oct 19, 2024

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Invisible Illness

I Wish My Parents Got Divorced Sooner

Much of our collective generational trauma likely comes from staying in a marriage that clearly didn’t work.

Oct 11, 2024

I Wish My Parents Got Divorced Sooner

Oct 11, 2024

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Runner's Life

Getting Heckled While Running

Unfortunately, the burden is on us as runners to look out for our own safety

Oct 5, 2024

Getting Heckled While Running

Oct 5, 2024

Ryan Fan

Ryan Fan

Believer, Baltimore City IEP Chair, and 2:35 marathon runner. Diehard fan of “The Wire.”

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