passing notes made from caffeinated tangents

don’t trip on what’s already behind you – author unknown community project – thankfulness jar. grab around christmas, prep for new year, do it weekly at least see that up there? probably doesn’t mean much to most folks. a quick note about future plans, something you’d see on a post-it. (it originally was.) that’s how […]

welcome to caffeinated tangents: an inspired ramble! i’m your creator and host, rlb. in semi-short, i am: a variety content creator & community cultivator a mental health & social connectedness proponent a burgeoning voice talent & actress an abstract & impasto style painter an occasional writer & voracious reader a rusty & super self-aware soprano […]

this is definitely, decidedly not the post i was expecting to make. just six months ago (which, like everything else, feels like a century has passed since), i was going to make a post full of positivity, thankfulness, gratitude, and all types of mushy feelings to counterbalance the firmer, harsher tone of my last post. […]

i am admitting aloud to all who would care to read, that i am free-falling through cyclical stages of the grief process. denial. anger. depression. bargaining. acceptance. this is embarrasingly open, direct and frank. for some, it may seem overblown. this is not for you. chances are your goals and intent were not mine, and […]

i’ll say this about the current state of events, and will entertain respectful discourse. anything to the contrary will be addressed accordingly. we are currently in a perplexing, uncertain, unstable state. much has been piled upon us this year alone, at a ridiculously rapid pace, and it’s difficult to deal with. some may need more […]

For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice. – TS Eliot at the beginning of the year, i had an initiative; #beMORE. i felt like it was simple and easy to understand, and therefore easy to execute. i was definitely wrong on that front – at least, […]

Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. – Zig Ziglar this post is coming way, way later than anticipated, […]

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. – Maya Angelou These past few months have been an absolute blur. We’re over halfway into 2019 and I feel like I’ve not done much but at the same time I also feel like I’ve gotten more done or under my […]

“All happiness depends on courage and work.” – Honoré de Balzac * Up until pretty recently, I have had difficulty putting into words exactly why Mixer partnership was something I’ve wanted to pursue. I think I’ll be able to cover my bases with this post. The Mixer community has been an ever-changing, ever-evolving space that […]