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
Ghost Worries.
I am high-strung. It's not that I'm not easygoing or that I'm quick to argue - not in the least. My high-strungness manifests in waves, or rather, in jolting earthquakes that eventually rumble themselves out. My...
A Case Of The Januarys (Or, 3 Things To Do Besides Resolve To “Lose Weight”)
It's only the beginning of the month, and we've got a first-class case of the Januarys: that extra-special cocktail of optimism, hope, frustration, and grit with a sprinkle of self-loathing and dash of cynicism on the...
My Journey, My Self.
It was almost a decade ago but I hear the words like minutes have passed. Sobbing on a friend’s couch, head buried into his sweatshirt-covered shoulder, after he called me up and told me I needed to take a second look...
I Was So Bad: Breaking Out Of Food Guilt
It's the day after Thanksgiving and I'm working at the juice box. I’ve got a bottle of greens in my bag, Toms on my feet, and my shiftmate and I cannot move fast enough. We’ve got it down like clockwork: I’m only four...
It Moves With You: The Right Way To Exercise This Season.
All year, I've been running. Literally and metaphorically. Running into solopreneurship, running into my last year of this decade, running into huge life changes, deaths in the family, standing my ground with people I...
The Collective Heart: When Tragedy Hits The High Notes.
No sweet without sour, no peace without war, no joy without sorrow. We're all well-versed in the laws of opposition and the truths of our world: in order to have the good we must know the bad. Still, is this any...
I Am Still Learning: On Leaving Your Job.
I've been writing this post in my head for months. Envisioning the aftermath. Formulating the response. Figuring out how much I say. I’ve romanticized it in my head, the words cathartically flowing from my mind and...
Tweak Your To-Dos: A PSA On Goal Setting + Productivity
Today, I'm intoxicated with possibility. The sun shines brightly through my window, reminding me of the day ahead I have yet to conquer. The empty coffee cup signals to me my wheels are off and turning. Sounds of Frank...
Pet Peeves + Vexations: How To Handle What Gets To You.
SINCE THE AGE OF FOURTEEN, I've been plagued with very, very difficult skin. The ads I saw on television didn’t seem to understand the severity of my problem, and the products marketed to clear, zap, blast all my...
Treat Yo’self: The Life-Shifting Power Of Setting (Small) Boundaries
There's a saying I once heard (probably from Oprah) about when it comes to the people you interact with on a regular basis: "We teach others how to treat us." And I used to think that was bogus. Not that I thought that...
My Own Worst Enemy: Breaking Out Of Your Best Body
One of the little details I love best about my life is that my parents still live in the house I grew up in. My room is practically untouched from the time I was a teenager, photographs and books stacked up on my desk...
Openness: On 29.
I've always done pretty well with expected change. You know, the kinds of life shifts and milestone moments that are "supposed to happen," and usually happen to big groups of people at the same time. Elementary to...
