Stories about becoming
Welcome to the Messy Middle
For most of my life, I thought happiness was a destination. I thought it lived somewhere over the horizon, waiting for me after the next relationship, the next promotion, the next achievement, the next version of myself. I was always working toward something. Always improving. Always becoming. Then, in May 2025, another driver ran through…
When Your Medium Changes
For almost twenty years, my life was measured in motion. Airports. Rental cars. College campuses. Coffee meetings. Hallway conversations. Days spent walking from office to office introducing myself to people I had never met before. If you’ve ever worked in sales, you know the job isn’t really about selling. It’s about conversation. Hundreds of conversations…
Rae Lyn Baker 