Joel Varickanickal Joel Varickanickal

Make the Jump to Editor

There can be a transitory quagmire when you are ready for the editor chair, but can’t shake the AE title.

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Joel Varickanickal Joel Varickanickal

Pomodoro and Flow

Some find incredible freedom in the blank page while others find terror.

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Joel Varickanickal Joel Varickanickal

Caught In A Loop

Today, as I approach the one year mark of my father’s passing from COVID-19, I cross the surreal anniversary of the last time I was with him face-to-face.

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Joel Varickanickal Joel Varickanickal

First Day of School

Ambition is healthy. But so is a little perspective. That’s what made me decide to start documenting the process a little more; I realized I was so quickly looking at whatever the next rung of the ladder was, that I was forgetting how long I was in pursuit of the one I had just reached

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