Something that we as a society are remiss in telling young people about picking a career: it’s not just about what you want to do, but about how you want to live. The job you choose will dictate your lifestyle. Know yourself, know your tendencies and habits, and then see…

The foundation of all advertisements is that you are deficient. That you would be happier / better / more loveable if… It has to be this way so that you’re primed to consume whatever product is on offer. It’s subtle, but it’s real; the erosion of your sense of self-worth…

Why do people do the things they do? You know — the dumb shit, the unexplainable shit, the baffling shit, or just the general shit. Why? WHY? Why do people do what they do? Before we go on — spoiler alert — I don’t have an answer. I do, however…

How I Got Over Writer’s Block is a series of posts where I share the ways I changed my approach to the writing process in order to make it easier to actually sit down and do the work. By re-framing key elements in the creative process, I was able to…

At the risk of sounding like a grandma: have you noticed that everything is getting more expensive? (Why, in my day, you could buy a chocolate bar for 50 cents! True story.) I mean, I understand inflation, but since COVID I’ve noticed prices going up dramatically everywhere. …

Somebody recently left a real face-palm of a question (read: stupid) on one of my stories on Medium. Normally I would say there are no stupid questions, but if the question being asked can be answered by actually reading the post, then yes, it is stupid. Here was the comment…

The BIG THOUGHT in this LITTLE POST: The people we reach out for in our darkest moments are the ones who are active participants in our lives. You know how sometimes, even though you’ve heard a song a million times, you don’t actually take in the lyrics until they point…

How I Got Over Writer’s Block is a series of posts where I share the ways I changed my approach to the writing process in order to make it easier to actually sit down and do the work. By re-framing key elements in the creative process, I was able to…

You are the sky. The clouds are what happens, what comes and goes. - Eckhart Tolle You are the sky and your thoughts are the clouds. We need to remember this so that we can dis-identify from our thoughts. We are not the thoughts that we think; the thoughts that…