Iwaited semi-patiently for the guy in Trader Joe’s to read the ingredients from the exact frozen package I was trying to get. When he Frisbee’d the bag back into the pile he yelled, “Hey, let’s get some of these plant-based chicken strips instead,” and he swirled the box into his…

If existing in the world with other people rubs against your skin like a cheese grater, congratulations, you are alive. Barely. Someone recently told me that if they hear something stupid, it’s their job to kindly alert the person of their dumbassery. I see this everywhere: complain, blame, and shame…

Does anyone want to be good anymore? With moral boundaries imploding, people raging for a performer’s amusement, congressmen fantasy posting about killing a co-worker to “let off steam,” it’s becoming hard to find sane ground. So, a few episodes into Season 3 of HBO’s Succession, I decided to play, “who’s…

All the Dune-splaining in the world doesn’t change the fact that Dune is ultimately a guy rules the world story for dudes believing they are unrecognized gods. “Knock Knock” Who’s there? “All male creative team” All male creative team who? “All male creative team who have the fiercest woman in…

I am alone, therefore, I am a lone wolf — wrong. I used to call myself a lone wolf because I enjoyed spending long stretches of time in the company of only myself. The idea of a solitary creature high on a windswept, snowy mountaintop locked in a full howl at the midnight moon is a bad-ass self descriptor. Nobody messes…

Of Course it Will. A 20-something recently asked me that question. I was feeling particularly unguarded that day, so I dipped my reply in brutal honestly, and let it fly. “No. In fact, you will take a beat down at every phase of your life. The universe will both surprise and impress you with…

Set Yourself Up and Tap in. There’s something off about superpowers. I had always wanted to either fly or be invisible even though everyone said it was impossible. So when I earned my invisibility superpower, you’d think a big fat “I told you so” was in order. But the thing about superpowers that actually happen in…

Honestly, it wasn’t the news that this pandemic may last a lot longer, war is breaking out all over the place, or that nature is actually melting that made me think about taking a refresher course on surviving the 21st Century. …

5-Steps to Getting the Future You Really Want If you want to create the life you want, stop trying to find yourself. Especially stop looking for “your purpose.” It seems every feel good story out there ends with our struggling character finally discovering the happy-ever-after reason they were born. Finding-your-purpose stories make us want to embark on our…