You Don’t Have to Be Useful

I don’t normally call out my fellow personal development bloggers, but yesterday I read a post so…

Beginner’s Mind Sucks

Some Notes on Starting from Scratch

Loving Yourself Through Your Mistakes

“I’m normally really precise. I did every step in the experiment exactly as it was supposed…

It’s Not Natural

In a long-overdue relaxing dinner with a good friend, the topic came up — as often happens with liberal cis white males — of the…

Act As If You Belong Here

Finding Time for Deliberate Practice

Along with the lovely delusion that reading about a skill is the equivalent of learning it…

Three Unexpected Benefits of Doing Your Morning Ritual (especially when you don’t want to).

The Security of Failure

Last weekend was the 47th Annual MadFest, a juggling festival here in Madison, WI. I used to be quite active in this…

Posts for My Grandkids

Hey there! This is the first in what will be an occasional series of posts that are directed at you, the children of my…

Rest Stops on the Relationship Road

Breakups are hard.