by Emily Crookston | Nov 16, 2017 | Emily's Musings
“Come on, dumbass, what are you doing?” “Pay attention! Stop being stupid!” “Stop wasting time and get to work!” “Well, you’ve screwed up again. Surprise, surprise!” Good God, this person is an asshole. Who is saying this stuff? Who in the world would speak to someone...
by Emily Crookston | May 12, 2017 | Emily's Musings
Today marks the official one-year anniversary for The Pocket Phd. Woo hoo! I’m celebrating by taking a long weekend in the mountains of Asheville. I can’t wait to get on the road. But right now, I have a headache and I need to post this before I can relax. My current...
by Emily Crookston | Mar 2, 2017 | Emily's Musings, Entrepreneur
On Valentine’s Day, my sweetheart and I went skydiving. Okay so it was indoor “skydiving.” But it was still really fun and super thrilling. We had a blast! At first though, I was super nervous. While you wait for your own turn in the big wind tube (which reminds me of...
by Emily Crookston | Dec 21, 2016 | Emily's Musings
I’ve spent too much time this week trying to compose a “profound” post to recap the year. Instead, I’m just going to leave you with some parting thoughts (most of which are decidedly not profound) about 2016. “You can’t hurry love” or much of anything really. Many...
by Emily Crookston | Dec 6, 2016 | Emily's Musings
I spend a lot of time writing in coffee shops (well, one coffee shop in particular), which means I get to observe all kinds of people working, socializing, and slacking off because that’s what people do in coffee shops. Fortunately for me, I find people (well, some...
by Emily Crookston | Nov 14, 2016 | Emily's Musings
Last night while I was watching the New England Patriots snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in a Super Bowl XLIX (2015) rematch against the Seattle Seahawks, I started thinking about what the Monday morning quarterbacks would say. There was a lot of fodder for...
