This morning I was reading from Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In: Women, Work, & the Will to Lead. In it, she tells about a talk she attended her senior year of college (at oh, you know, Harvard) that addressed the idea of imposter syndrome – that thing where many people, women in particular, feel like a fraud when they’re […]
So much for subtlety, folks. I’ve already let the cat out, so I’ll just go ahead and say it again: I had a freaking amazing year last year!! As I was reflecting over the past year, I was struck by just how incredible it was in so many ways. And in honor of one of my newly-minted Core Desired Feelings, […]
:: before gratitude, comes this…. :: I’ve got this super-dominant authenticity gene — always have. It’s one of my favorite things about myself, although it can definitely lead to overthinking things. Things like holidays and the sharing of holiday-driven sentiments and gifts. I can get really hung up on whether the card or gift or thought or thing was done […]
A year ago yesterday I was in the midst of Laura Sprinkle’s #shesgotgutschallenge. [I know this because my Timehop told me so. Have I told you lately how much I love technology? Though it’s been bringing me plenty of wrinkly-foreheaded suffering and bumbling-brained confusion, it also brings me plenty of awesome heart-filling reminders of what has been, which is such […]
When do you pitch a pen in the trash? I’ve always thought this was an obscenely obvious question to answer. You throw it away when it’s utterly unusable, when every last speck of ink has been liberated from its thin plastic tubular prison. I mean really, what do you think I am – a wastrel? Rich? Foolhardy? We don’t waste […]
Have you ever felt like your life is running you instead of the other way around? Totally overwhelmed by all the obligations and things that just must get done? Does the thought of a more joy-filled life sound like a lovely fairy tale that could never possibly represent reality? I get it. I really do. For years I got caught […]
You know when you’re driving somewhere you’ve been before, and you know your turn is approaching but you can’t quite remember which one it is? Even though you’re familiar with the path, you worry that you’ll miss what it is you’re looking for. And so you drive. You’re focusing hard on every approaching side street. Squinting to locate each […]
At last! You, my dear, are ready. Pull back those blinds and loosen the latches. Your time has arrived. Breathe it in. You know you want to. What are you waiting for? Be greedy, Woman. Unrelenting. Do not stop until you are full. Be so bold as to take a bit more. Savor this. […]
:: letting the other shoe drop: vulnerability, gratitude, and joy :: The other day I was watching a video of an interview between Brené Brown and Oprah Winfrey, courtesy of my friend Kendra Tanner of the True You Project. In it, Oprah and Brené talk about the perhaps surprising component of terror – yes terror – that often lives […]
The other night I was quickly walking through a well-known discount department store to its stationary section, because a while back I had found a journal there that I’ve come to adore and I wanted to see if they had any more. I had visions of buying like 5, already beginning to conceive of all the gorgeous unknown future […]
