Tag: introspection
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Lessons from Building a Caregiving App from Scratch
Solo founder and PM-turned-builder Romneka Guion on two weeks of heads-down building, bootstrapping without funding, and the gap between knowing something in your gut and being able to prove it.
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You’ve Been Paying Attention. So Why Can’t You Answer?
You’ve been there for every hard night, every medication change, every moment when the pain was a lot and there was nothing to do except show up. And when the doctor asks how she’s been, what comes out is “she’s been okay. Last week was hard.” That moment is not a memory problem. It’s not…
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The Sorted Details of My Why
(Nothing Actually Sorted About It) I’ve been talking about Sela for a while now on my socials. What it does, who it’s for, why it matters. But I realized recently that I’ve never actually told you where it came from. Not the founder version. The real version. The one that starts long before I ever…
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Family Caregiver Burnout: The Invisible Cognitive Load Nobody Talks About
If you track medications, refills, and doctor preferences for a loved one, you’re already doing a full-time job. Here’s why that’s exhausting — and how Sela helps.
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Why Does Creativity Struggle at the Computer?
I don’t know about you but why does my creativity never hit when I’m literally sitting in front of my computer?? I swear…I’ll be driving or watching tv or talking with a friend or walking outside and so many ideas flood my mind. Most of them I actually think might be pretty cool lil topics…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!
I Made It to 42. That sentence alone deserves a standing ovation, a moment of stillness and all of the accolades and bougie snacks. Not because I thought I wouldn’t make it—but because there were seasons when I didn’t want to. Moments when the weight of disappointment, grief, fear, and survival felt louder than joy.…
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Let’s Chat: Perspective
Where the Storms Find Me Let’s talk about how everywhere I want to be, there is a storm. I wanted to be in Payson, sitting quietly at the lake. Rain. Not necessarily a storm, but cloudy and rainy nonetheless. I headed up to Sedona-beautiful, sacred, healing Sedona-and was greeted by a windstorm. Not necessarily a…
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My name is Romneka and this is the story of my career
Hi. My name is Romneka Guion and this is the story of my career. I graduated HS in 2001, Top 30 of my class out of 300. I got accepted in a full academic scholarship program to Norfolk State University where I majored in Computer Science and Minored in Applied Mathematics until 2004 when I…
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Beyond the Obstacle
Challenges in business are a given, but it’s our response to them that defines our trajectory. Looking beyond the immediate obstacle, there lies a realm of opportunity and learning.
Romneka G. 