Perfecting Imperfection: Lessons from a year of self-help

Jarid Altmark
5 min readDec 12, 2021

I was never really a reader, well only if you count dystopian teen novels, endless scrolling through social media and reading headlines. I’d dodge high school reading assignments by using friends for answers and textbook reading in college was more a suggestion rather than required. With all that said, I gained a new habit of reading at least once a week this year. With an irregular pace and…

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Jarid Altmark

Artist, Writer, 4x Food Network Competitor, Professional Cake Artist and Practical Overthinker.