My Sweet Dumb Brain

This essay might suck … and that’s ok.

Connecting with nature is the first step.

It’s hard for me to admit this out loud, but here goes: I don’t want to return to a full-time job.

This is less of a reminder for you, and more of a reminder for me — a nice way to show myself that I can indeed be pretty wise at times.

And that can be really hard to accept.

It’s hitting me like a ton of bricks: How do I prove my worth at work when my colleagues are younger than me?

I’m well familiar with the adage that comparison is the thief of joy. I get it. What I don’t get is how not to compare.

On November 2, 2018, I started a note in my iPhone that changed my life.