AUTHOR

Derek MacDonald

Writer, thinker, coffee drinker. Sharing reflections, essays, and podcast episodes on navigating agency, grief, and creativity in daily life. Started 'Becoming Unobstructed' after 15+ years in marketing, software systems, outdoor education, and leadership development.

Stories by Derek


Field notes for navigating daily life.

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Warning Signs

I'm a tangled ball of tension today with nowhere to let it come undone. My nervous system is fried. ...

I keep seeing blue and white VW buses. Over the summer I'd been stuck enough to ask the universe for...

Praise The Roof

It looked like someone took the world's largest can opener to the top of the truck. I hadn't seen th...



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