Self Improvement

The Promise of Family

The thing about empty pages is that they stare.

You Are Who You Tell Yourself You Are

For a generation of Pixar fans, who have the term ‘core memory’ firmly in their lexicon, the…

How My Mom Taught Us Art

When my mom’s paintings find themselves at art exhibitions, I’m always too happy to have an excuse to be proud of…

Joy is Gratitude

After deep reflection, I’ve concluded that all my problems can be laid at the feet of Spider-Man. So when I see Tom Holland¹…

What It’s All For

The sprawling high-fantasy epic, The Lord Of The Rings, opens in the cozy — if not unremarkable — home of the Hobbits.

We Like To Be Lost

What happens to us when we die? What dictates our emotions? What if there was one rat who cooked French food really well?

Trying Is An Underrated Love Language

When I went to college, I became the introverted nerd turtle I was destined to be.

Fail Often, Fail Hard

There's a hundred and four days of summer vacation but, against the inevitable Perry the Playtpus, Doofenshmirtz gets…

It’s Hard To Be Soft

Where there used to be incredibly jacked people on my Instagram feed, there are…

This Universe Is Riddled With Regret

Out of all the universes in the multiverse, it seems we’re in the one that can’t stop making…