TIPS + TOOLS
Step-by-step ways to become a more pragmatically positive YOU in every micro moment
TIPS + TOOLS
Step-by-step ways to become a more pragmatically positive YOU in every micro moment
Spending, Saving, Asking, Making: Let’s Talk About Cents, Baby
Your age, your weight, and your bank account. Three things based on numbers. Three things that are highly personal. And three things that you're never, ever supposed to talk about. So is it that ludicrous to suggest...
Started From The Launch Page Now We’re Here: The 5 Biggest Lessons I Learned In Year One.
It's 11pm on Friday night, and I'm terrified. Tomorrow is the WANT anniversary party at Playlist Yoga. The perfect space, the perfect day, the perfect group of people. And even though I've co-hosted events and...
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...
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...
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...
Squad Goals + Self Worth: 5 Tips For When You’re Triggered By Your Friends
YOU KNOW the saying "You are a combination of the 5 people you spend the most time with?" That also means that many times, when our closest friends and loved ones get under our skin, it's an indication of something...
