MOTIVATION + INSPIRATION
Stories, encouragement, and strength to help you dive in and dig deep
MOTIVATION + INSPIRATION
Stories, encouragement, and strength to help you dive in and dig deep
You’re Gonna Regret It: On Living Your Life Like It’s Someone Else’s Deathbed Reflection
Photo by Nic Y-C on Unsplash The benches in Central Park are really something. If you’ve never been to New York City, a primer on one of the city’s most iconically personal touches: every park in NYC has what seem...
3 Ways to Reach Your Goals, Strengthen Your Self-Direction, and Set Yourself Up For Success
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...
Forget FOMO: The Joy Of Being Ourselves
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...
Should You Fake It Til You Make It? (Or, What Would Beyoncé Do?)
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...
How To Try “Trying Easier.”
Growing up, I learned a phrase I could use to serve as a litmus test for the validity of my work: Trying Hard. Whether you were being motivated by a mentor as you set out to achieve your dreams (try hard and you...
It’s A WIN Or It’s A…What?
...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....
Chasing “Special.”
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...
The Marathon Of Change.
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...
Waiting On A New Normal: Navigating Your Mindset When You Feel In-Limbo.
Two years ago this week, I posted this: "Today’s Micro Shift For A Mega Difference: Replace NEW NORMAL with FOR-NOW NORMAL. NOW Normal isn’t the same as THEN Normal. And it’s definitely not the same as what Normal WILL...
Laughable Plans: Finding Control When There Feels Like None.
If you Google search "top 10 most stressful life events," there are a few repeat offenders that pop up on list after list. Death of a loved one. Marriage. Divorce. Starting a new job or losing a current one. Financial...
Mistake Resilience: How To Recover From A Case of “I Should Have Known Better”
Do you ever have those things that happen where you’re like, “Ugh, why did I do that?! I should have known better” ?? Like... ...Forgetting to add the salt in the cookies you grew up baking. ...Signing on the wrong...
You’ll Love It When You’re Older: On Ageism, Bias, and Covertly Dangerous Compliments
I got exposed to ageism at a very early age in a very odd way: by getting told incessantly how much younger I looked than I actually was. Immediately followed by: YOU'LL LOVE IT WHEN YOU'RE OLDER. Every time I got...
