I just got off a call with my therapist — my first session with her since June 2023. My decision to press pause for a few months was less about desire and more about focus. I had such strict deadlines to hit — a preorder campaign! A pub date! A launch cabaret! — that...
On FOMO, Threads, and the de-prioritization of Missing Out. In case you missed it, this week Meta announced its Instagram offshoot (or sibling app, if you will) called Threads: a “we’re-not-here-to-compete-with-Twitter” minimalist, words-forward app vaguely...
Why “Fake It ‘Til You Make It” is half-baked advice when it comes to building confidence. ~ Last Friday, I sent my friend Caroline a text: If I were to find reasonably priced Beyoncé tickets for tomorrow…would you want to go? 24 hours later, we were...
…or did you? I love a good deadline. It’s odd, really, that someone like me who’s prone to anxiety is so relieved by the existence of concrete endpoints. Especially if they were created by someone else. Unmovable, unchangeable dates could very well...
Here’s a new one for ya. Something people don’t tell you about when the things you once dreamed of start happening. Something they maybe don’t tell you because maybe some people don’t think like this — but I do, so I’ll tell you: When you get the things you once...
How do you know when to shift what you’re doing, and how you know when to stick it out? I’ve got some news that’s a long time in the making: We’re on SUBSTACK now, baybay! Why the switch? Well, I’d been using my former email subscription service for seven...
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