Shifting Perspectives

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p><h2 id="d76d">Networking in the city</h2><p id="e5e7">My meeting was non-eventful, a networking mixer where up-and-coming professionals exchange digital business cards and elevator pitches in hopes of developing meaningful connections. By meaningful, I mean profitable business and career opportunities. I enjoyed the brief conversations about sustainable energy; actually, I didn’t. Although essential, sustainable energy doesn’t spin my wheels. After an appetizer portion of shrimp and grits, nothing like the dish I grew up eating, I was ready to go.</p><figure id="938c"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*zJZb10uF0eyVSGCyn3msnw.jpeg"><figcaption><a href="https://stacyjohnson-photography.smugmug.com/Bay-Area/">Photo by Stacy Johnson</a></figcaption></figure><h2 id="a0c2">Only in San Francisco</h2><p id="6fb6">The pleasant breeze turned cold and foggy. The cold seeped down to my bone as if ice water was flowing through my veins — only in San Francisco and perhaps London, so I’ve heard. With the darkness, the city became strange as in weird and unfamil

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iar. Every street was a one-way leading me further away from home. The sprawling hills became patches of darkness that blocked my view, and I wondered if I would drive off into the Pacific Ocean. The Shining lights in unoccupied buildings made them look similar against the night sky, making it impossible to distinguish a landmark. It’s no wonder the topic of the evening was sustainable energy. Maybe I should have paid closer attention. But, all was not lost; the Bay Bridge lights peeked through the darkness to lead the way home.</p><h2 id="6b73">Things are not always what you think</h2><p id="b764">Our perspective changes in the dark. We sometimes convenience ourselves that our daytime solutions won’t work in the darkness. However, before assuming that the spider on the wall is a tarantula, turn on the lights. I can confirm that hiding under the covers doesn’t work. To turn on the light, you must first seek it out. Doing so won’t make the problem disappear, but it will reveal its actual size. Then we know what we are dealing with and can proceed effectively.</p></article></body>

San Francisco looks different in the dark

The bridge was crowded with cars. I should have known better than to travel during commute hours. My GPS said I would arrive in downtown San Francisco in 25 minutes, 15 minutes after my event started. Late again. The Bay Area is teaching me to plan ahead and that BART is a viable, time-saving means of transportation. However, passing through Fruitvale Station eliminates it as an option. Rest in peace Oscar Grant. Sitting on the bridge with hundreds of other motorists, I decided to appreciate the Bay Area’s beauty. The sprawling Hills, the architecture of the new Oakland San Francisco Bay Bridge, and the boats sailing across the bay. I would see a dolphin leaping from the water to enjoy the cool breeze if I was lucky.

Networking in the city

My meeting was non-eventful, a networking mixer where up-and-coming professionals exchange digital business cards and elevator pitches in hopes of developing meaningful connections. By meaningful, I mean profitable business and career opportunities. I enjoyed the brief conversations about sustainable energy; actually, I didn’t. Although essential, sustainable energy doesn’t spin my wheels. After an appetizer portion of shrimp and grits, nothing like the dish I grew up eating, I was ready to go.

Only in San Francisco

The pleasant breeze turned cold and foggy. The cold seeped down to my bone as if ice water was flowing through my veins — only in San Francisco and perhaps London, so I’ve heard. With the darkness, the city became strange as in weird and unfamiliar. Every street was a one-way leading me further away from home. The sprawling hills became patches of darkness that blocked my view, and I wondered if I would drive off into the Pacific Ocean. The Shining lights in unoccupied buildings made them look similar against the night sky, making it impossible to distinguish a landmark. It’s no wonder the topic of the evening was sustainable energy. Maybe I should have paid closer attention. But, all was not lost; the Bay Bridge lights peeked through the darkness to lead the way home.

Things are not always what you think

Our perspective changes in the dark. We sometimes convenience ourselves that our daytime solutions won’t work in the darkness. However, before assuming that the spider on the wall is a tarantula, turn on the lights. I can confirm that hiding under the covers doesn’t work. To turn on the light, you must first seek it out. Doing so won’t make the problem disappear, but it will reveal its actual size. Then we know what we are dealing with and can proceed effectively.