Your Next DecisionHow to make it big when your self-esteem is small.When I was 10, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a writer when I was 15, 20, 27, 35… my entire life. The desire just never went away…Jul 9Jul 9
Your Next DecisionWhat it means to be alive.Is it harder to lose someone you’re close to, or someone you should have been close to? The answer might come quickly to some, but it is…Jun 27Jun 27
Your Next DecisionI almost ended my life. Then I started making decisions.In my 20s and 30s, I was the worst decision-maker in all of humankind.Jun 20Jun 20
Your Next DecisionExcitable <> IrrationalI’m listening to an interview with Robert Kennedy, Jr., where he describes a group of women as seeming rational to him because they were…Jun 17Jun 17
Your Next DecisionWhy time matters when faced with aggression.A woman I know just got a text from her ex. An ugly text. He did not see the breakup coming, did not expect her to abruptly move out, did…Jun 12Jun 12
Your Next DecisionHow to know whether and what to compromise.Relationships give, and they take. For your relationships to thrive, you have to know just how much of each to do. How much of yourself —…Jun 121Jun 121
Your Next DecisionHow to fight for your life, Part 2Sometimes in life, you have to fight for more than what you have. A better job. A better partner. Better friends.Jun 11Jun 11
Your Next DecisionHow to fight for your life, part 3Every day, you should be fighting for your life.May 24May 24
Your Next DecisionHow to fight for your life, Part 1Much of what we want in life, we must fight for. Jobs, friends, romantic partners… even when these are handed to us, to make them good, we…May 24May 24
Your Next DecisionWhen should you compromise?Years ago, when marijuana was illegal in all 50 states, I lived with a guy who smoked weed. A lot of it. He hid it from me because he knew…Apr 18Apr 18
