Easing headfirst into the deep end of 2024

New year, new job, new things to overthink about!

First, some fun numbers I’ll explain in a bit: 19, 10, 7, 8, 3771, 11 and 171.

I asked for “can you fit chaos and a microphone in an overhead bin,” jkjk.

It has been just over three weeks since I started a new dream job covering the 2024 campaign for NPR, based in Atlanta and focusing on the South in particular.

I spent my first three days in Washington, …