I’m sure most of us are no stranger to a good, emotional downward spiral. If somehow you’re new to spiraling, it’s that lovely moment when something negative happens – maybe...

Waiting sucks. And it's really hard. Especially if the thing that you're waiting for is something that you REALLY want. In the waiting, all of your biggest fears can take hold of your imagination....

I recently finished a 9-hour read aloud of a 90,000 word novel that I’ve been working on for almost two years. The journey has been interesting, utterly gratifying, maddening, difficult,...

The last time I thought to myself, wow…what a perfect day…was a day that I cannot even remember. And I think that’s the entire point.

So often, we expect a “perfect...

Seven years. According to an interview Rihanna gave pre-#FENTYBOWL, it’s been seven years since Rihanna was on stage. And then she showed up like she’d been there all day, every day and...

We love a work-hard story. 

Hustle hustle hustle. Hustle some more. Get it right. Get it perfect. Get it. 

Hard work is hard. Hard work is important. I respect the shit out people who...

Typically, we want to “get things right”. Whether it stems from a deep desire to succeed, to fit in, or because of a sneaky tendency toward perfection…getting it right is often...

Self awareness is a beautiful thing, but it’s not enough. 

Oops. I said it. 

Think about all the times you’ve had an amazing, insightful conversation with someone about a...

Somewhere between the years of 2017 and 2020, I journaled about writing a novel no less than one hundred million times. A dramatization, obviously, but it was a lot. I picked up On Writing by...

Deprioritizing achievement is old news. We’ve been on this journey for a while. It started (for me) around the time I wrote You’re Not Lost. Ironically, the lesson got an extra seal of...

I’m not always in the mood to make progress. Because overwhelm is real. Because the options for which direction to move are truly endless. Sure, “the entire world is your oyster”...

When it comes to life planning and goal setting, we treat the start of a new year – which omg is just a month away – as the ultimate clean slate.

It makes sense: The new year brings all...