David Daly

Fresh cookies coming right up. I'll make sure to leave them by the bed.

That will really change the meaning of "Eat Your Heart Out" your Grace, because I will definitely be eating my heart out if it's padded with Brie.

Before concluding today with the completion of my self discovery journey. If you have had similar experiences, I would love to hear of them, and learn from your experiences as well. Please share.

I learned I also needed to consider the stories I told myself of the past, in addition to thinking about what I wanted to do in the future. bsky.app/profile/davi...

The series then dives into issues of identity and my initial attempts to update my sense of identity after losing my job. bsky.app/profile/davi...

I then focused on the challenges of taking a break for myself in the face of all the uncertainty. bsky.app/profile/davi...

Before continuing with the scariness of getting what you want. bsky.app/profile/davi...

This is the sixth post in a series focused on disruption, identity, job loss, and job change. It started with an overview of the entire series. bsky.app/profile/davi...

After losing my job, I spent months reflecting on what was important to me and how I wanted to live my life. I ended up building a personal guide for living my life that I have put to use when faced with the unexpected, and for ordinary life.

Relearning My Identity — Part Two I sat down on my couch one morning, opening my tablet to start my pre-work ritual of Wordle, study , and meditation. I was working from home...

Today I conclude my series on #jobloss and #identity, with a reflection on updating my sense of identity to make it more resilient in general and to #jobchange.
www.daviddaly.me/2026/01/rele...

I'm going skiing tomorrow with my sister and my son. If things work out I'll join some friends for skiing in a week. I am greatly looking forward to both.

Man with a baby in a front carrier. Baby is wearing a hat with winnie the pooh on it.

Swaddled baby wearing a ping hat

I have heard that voice your grace.

That looks delicious!

That is adorable! Enjoy!

That's lovely. I hope you make one!

Bread boule with a cross/start pattern from the rise.

And a couple of loaves of sourdough bread -- not exactly a pie, but I baked them today. This is the more photogenic one.

Pie with a top crust. Four slits with redish filling visible. Small flowers and heart shapes added to the top with extra crust.

A mincemeat pie, which contrary to its name, contains no meat. @oritdaly.bsky.social helped with the extra decorations on the top

Pumpkin pie on a cooling rack

My pleasure your grace! I think I'm done! We have a pumpkin pie. The crust was maybe a little recalcitrant for me.

@duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social Your grace, is it almost time for Secular Pie Thursday already? I'm fully in to my baking, with two rounds of bread cooling, and about to start on the pumpkin pie.

This is part of a series of blog posts on the disruption of #jobloss www.daviddaly.me/2025/09/maki.... It covers my journey and learnings in response to losing my job.

How We Choose To Tell Our Stories Some ideas rush into our heads with urgency and fanfare. Others take their time, showing up unannounced, pretending that they have always be...

Last summer I suddenly and unexpectedly lost my job. It was a shock to my sense of self. I found I no longer knew how to tell my story. Since then, I've spent a lot of time working to build a story of myself that I feel good about and that I believe. www.daviddaly.me/2025/11/how-... #identity

Your grace, that will be music to @oritdaly.bsky.social 's ears. I will take heed. I assume vengeance through the pen is encouraged, yes? Either figuratively or by literally stabbing someone with a fountain pen?

This is part of a series on job loss and identity. www.daviddaly.me/2025/09/maki...

Re-Learning My Identity – Step One (Author’s Note – This is part of a series focused on job loss and is the first of three posts focused on identity. I wrote this post in Dec...

It is easy to define ourselves in terms of our jobs and careers, but this is a very brittle sense of #identity. One that is easily threatened by job change or loss. I found this out the hard way last year.
www.daviddaly.me/2025/10/re-l...

#jobloss

Congratulations Katie!

Your grace, you read my mind. I was thinking the other day how much I would like a shipment of silence from the Crooked Path monk. I will deeply enjoy.

This is the second post in my series on losing my job.
www.daviddaly.me/2025/09/maki...

Trying to Take a Break It was a beautiful Monday morning last summer as I sat down on a lounge chair to relax. I had lost my job five days earlier, but was in no r...

Today I continue my blog series on job loss with my second post: "Trying To Take a Break". It addresses the unexpected fear I faced when I suddenly had the freedom to do anything I wanted with my time.

www.daviddaly.me/2025/10/tryi...

Also, your Grace should know that I'm more regularly on this site after @oritdaly.bsky.social told me you had established yourself over here. I had missed your presence.