Hello and happy Sunday! I don't know about where you are, but the sun is out in my part of the world and it's going to be a beautiful day! :)

It's been a few weeks. Last weekend was a busy one for me, so I figured this week's newletter would just be jam-packed with some of my latest articles. So let's get to it!

Open Letters To

Recently, a new publication came to Medium called, Open Letters To, and it's one home to basically anything you want to get off your chest. The editors strive to keep 75% of the letters in the "humor" category, but welcome serious letters as well. Here are two open letters I published with them, both humorous rants:

• ​An Open Letter to Gluten​
• ​An Open Letter to a Tech Grump​

World Traveler's Blog

Earlier this year I published a story about paddle boarding on the World Traveler's Blog. It did really well and actually won their "Best Story" contest a few weeks later. Because of the success I had publishing with this blog, I decided to make it home to another travel story of mine: A Day in the North End of Boston​

Read it and let your mouth water; mine sure did while I was writing it!

Personal

You may remember earlier in February I shared a story about a failure I was dealing with at work, and how it had me questioning my career path. I'm happy to say I made it through those doubts I was having and am stronger for it.

I wrote a sequel to the first story, Making Fears & Failures My Bitch, which I think many of us can relate to. We all experience failure in all aspects of life and learning how to deal with it and the emotions it brings along can be difficult, but is super critical to our personal and professional growth.

• ​How I Overcame Self-Doubts & Manifested Success​

Cybersecurity

And, last but not least, I have some OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) articles to share with you. In the last newsletter, I gave you a preview of The OWASP Collection I was planning and I've published the first two since then!

• ​The OWASP Collection - Injection​
• ​The OWASP Collection - Broken Authentication​

These two articles cover the top two most common and serious vulnerabilities that exist in web applications. These are ones that lead to malware, user compromise, and sensitive/confidential data exposure. Even if you don't work in the tech industry, I urge you to read these articles to educate yourself and learn more about how the websites we use every day can be hacked, and how you can be affected.

Stories that Resonated with Me Last Week

• ​How to Use Imagery to Facilitate Injury Rehabilitation – Deborah Weir
• ​A Mental Trick to Make Any Task Less Intimidating – Laura Vanderkam
• ​The Last Article from a Desperate Writer – Sam H Arnold

Thanks for joining me on this lovely Sunday! Here's to a great week.

-Katlyn

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