Self Love And Smog Checks: On Not Being A 30 Under 30.
I was convinced I’d be a 30 under 30. I didn’t know what I would do. I didn’t know where I would be. But I knew, in my heart, I was here to make a difference. And to me, there was no better indication that you’d “made it” than...Breaking Out Of Self Sabotage.
5:30AM: The alarm buzzes, and you refuse to open your eyes. Everything feels heavy. Your body is stuck in the drowned-out stupor of last night’s snackfest, when you raided the pantry and dove into that box of trail mix to accompany you as you browsed Netflix trying to...Obsession + Adventure: On Unexplained Loss And The People Who Leave Us.
When I was little, there was a woman who would come over and help take care of me. Her name was Yvette. Yvette was short in comparison to my mother, but to me, she was just the perfect height for my death-grip hugs. Her short brown hair fell in soft waves that...Seventeen-Point-Five: The Underestimation of our Unforeseen Strength.
Another day at the gym, another chance to fit in some resistance work. It was crowded on the floor, the weight rack reminding me of the produce shelves at Trader Joe’s Chelsea on Sunday evenings: picked over, plowed through, only a few choices left now that the...The Dreams We Woke Up From: An Ode To Transitions.
There isn’t much more of an emotional experience for me than driving through Downtown Los Angeles to the San Fernando Valley then back again; a route I know all too well yet still find so much nuance and newness in. It’s the path from the place I live now...
