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Show the Fuck Up
Rants & Raves, Personal Essays & Reflections Kate Sjostrand 5/19/26 Rants & Raves, Personal Essays & Reflections Kate Sjostrand 5/19/26

Show the Fuck Up

People reveal themselves in tiny moments. A smile. A thank you. Eye contact. Or the complete absence of all three. A breakfast encounter at a local diner turns into a reflection on presence, energy, and the growing number of people sleepwalking through life expecting the world to carry them.

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Chasing the Horizon
Personal Essays & Reflections, Motorcycles & Mayhem Kate Sjostrand 5/11/26 Personal Essays & Reflections, Motorcycles & Mayhem Kate Sjostrand 5/11/26

Chasing the Horizon

We all want the same thing. Not control. Not obligation. Not someone to consume our time or reshape our lives. Just someone who shows up. Someone who sees you, knows you, and chooses to be there when they’re there. And somehow, in a world full of people looking for that exact thing… nobody seems to find it.

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What the Hell Happened to Driving?
Rants & Raves, Freedom & Fire Kate Sjostrand 2/26/26 Rants & Raves, Freedom & Fire Kate Sjostrand 2/26/26

What the Hell Happened to Driving?

Traffic up to Los Alamos isn’t bad because there are more people. It’s bad because two or three drivers at the front of the pack have collectively decided that fifteen miles under the speed limit is a personality trait. And somewhere between horsepower and hesitation, we lost something.

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Micro-Rant: Your Voicemail Is Too Damn Long
Rants & Raves, Personal Essays & Reflections Kate Sjostrand 12/2/25 Rants & Raves, Personal Essays & Reflections Kate Sjostrand 12/2/25

Micro-Rant: Your Voicemail Is Too Damn Long

I had to call my insurance adjuster today, and of course he didn’t answer — but the real crime was his voicemail. Why are people still recording long-ass greetings like it’s 1997? Nobody needs a personal monologue before the beep. Just let me leave the damn message.

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