Oops, sorry for the clickbait, which is not actually clickbait. It’s just that I had this feeling I wanted to share with you how I do twitter because a) people have asked and b) I don’t want to have any secrets from you and c) maybe this will help you…

There’s an issue that has always rubbed me the wrong way. And that is people doing something just because everyone else is doing it, or just because everyone else advises it, or just because it’s “the right way” to do something, or just because the audience wants this… Gah!!! Listen…

Summer is upon us, and I already feel the difference. My energy levels are woefully lower than usual — this happens to me both in the summer and the winter — so much so, I can’t write something without having to recover for hours afterwards, let alone work for more…

Wherever you’ve grown up in the world, the basics are the same: They teach you to think before you speak; do things as best you can; conform to rules you don’t even understand yet; take your school work seriously, and so on. …

Hey there rebel! Today I want to talk about something I’ve been preoccupied with for most of my life with — time. When you’re obsessed with time, you account for every second. You account for the time you’re spending on somebody else’s paycheck; the time you waste in binge-watching guilty-pleasure…

We all have stories. Some are sad, some funny… but most are just real. When I was little, I didn’t use my voice. I mean literally. My “friends” would talk and talk and I would just listen. I wanted to understand how they thought, so I could somehow replicate it…

You know how sometimes you float in life? You float. Go by default. “Choose” whatever’s in front of you. But that’s not making a decision, is it? It’s just going with the flow. Growing up I didn’t know the distinction and most of my “decisions” happened because something was dropped…

I could never respect people who refused to try something based on a made-up principle they had in their mind, or worse, based on someone else’s made-up principles. It’s like talking to someone who has their fingers stuck in their ears saying “lalalalala, I ain’t listening, lalalalala.” Mind you, I…

Everyone on twitter is buzzing about Kate Spade’s death because they found her hanged and this started a conversation about depression. While we’re talking about it: Depression is NOT being sad, it’s the absolute lack of light or desire in your life. It’s a clinical condition in which you don’t…