Cog and Dog

A guide to rebuilding health, hope, and happiness, written from outside the cubicle

Started from the bottom, now I’m burned out and exhausted

January 8, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

I grew up in a trailer park. Like many who went without a lot, my idea “making it” has long been defined by obtaining the kinds of things I didn’t have growing up: Granite countertops. A luxury living space. Brand-name clothes. I understood that in order to reach those mile markers for success, I’d have […]

So long, Siri

February 16, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

After three long years of service, my iPhone has finally fizzled out. It’s been on its last leg for a while, crashing dozens of times a day without warning and leaving me in all sorts of pickles. Despite its unreliability, I coddled it, refusing to upgrade until timing deemed it absolutely necessary. I’ve swung back […]