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Coffee Off the Clock

i’ve seen my hopes and dreams lying on the ground

Coffee Off the Clock

i thought my day would never come

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what comes is better than what came before

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you can’t start a fire without a spark

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we can be heroes

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live a little, get around

join me for #21 in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading live a little, get around

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesAugust 8, 2026August 7, 2026Leave a comment
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Libera Fatum

A response to Nietzsche’s widespread philosophy of Amor Fati. This is Libera Fatum. Loving your fate and setting your fate free are two very different things. Continue reading Libera Fatum

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesAugust 6, 2026Leave a comment
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old man, look at my life

join me for #20 in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading old man, look at my life

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesAugust 2, 2026August 1, 2026Leave a comment
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sunshine on my shoulders

join me for #19 in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams Continue reading sunshine on my shoulders

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesJuly 26, 2026July 26, 2026Leave a comment
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she rules her life like a bird in flight

join me for #17 in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading she rules her life like a bird in flight

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesJuly 12, 2026July 11, 2026Leave a comment
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lost in a dream

join me for #15 in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading lost in a dream

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesJune 27, 2026June 27, 2026Leave a comment
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it’s time to ramble on

join me for #13 in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading it’s time to ramble on

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesMay 31, 2026May 31, 2026Leave a comment
Editorial

Between Costumes

For those who are in-between chapters in their lives, this poem holds the key to what you must do while waiting. A surprising but simple order: be like a child in the waiting room at a doctor’s office. Play. Continue reading Between Costumes

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesMay 22, 2026Leave a comment
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the sweet wine of success

join me for the eleventh in a series of weekly musings about life since leaving corporate and following my writing dreams. Continue reading the sweet wine of success

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesMay 16, 2026July 25, 2026Leave a comment
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Ignored Explorer

What happens when you over-identify with one side of yourself? There’s an explorer in all of us, sometimes it just gets ignored. Continue reading Ignored Explorer

Unknown's avatarAilsa GilliesMay 6, 20261 Comment

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