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
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...
Here’s How To Help Someone You Love Shift Their Negative Self-Talk
I'll never forget the way my dad looked at me when he said: You have so much to be proud of. I wish you could see it. My heart breaks every time I hear someone I love put themselves down. But I get it. I was once that...
Have You Updated Your OS Lately?
"I think I'm an Apple person. Yep, I've decided it. I'm switching out everything." This was my husband, about a month ago. My PC-using, iPhone-carrying husband, tired of multiple brands and multiple systems, decided...
How To Let Go Of…Whatever It Is You Want To Let Go Of, Really.
(...or, at the very least, how to get started.) Doesn’t it sound sexy and badass to say what you’re STOPPING, QUITTING, or LEAVING BEHIND? I know it does. I’ve done the whole dramatic deal before: written down the...
Giving Selective F***s.
**Heads up: this post about people-pleasing, being defensive, and setting boundaries contains mature language, specifically, f***, a lot. I know we don't censor our language on the WANTcast and WANT site, so you're...
