A few years ago, I decided to paint the closet doors in my living room with flat black chalkboard paint so I could write motivational quotes on them and, y’know. Motivate myself. Fast forward a few weeks to when I had the better idea to turn my now-black closet doors into the Star Wars opening …
Imposter syndrome is the feeling that you’ve infiltrated your craft or field, and that someone is going to eventually realize you don’t belong there. From talking with friends, I’ve learned this happens to all of us, no matter how long we have been in our career or how many years we have been working on …
I’m not a morning person, but I’ve been especially terrible about waking up for the last month. Alexa is my alarm and it’s all too easy to say, “Alexa, snooze” over and over until it’s get-up-or-you’ll-be-late-for-work time. So last night in a fit of determination, I moved my coffee station to my bedroom, hoping that …
It took me years to learn this: It’s not selfish to take care of yourself. It’s not selfish to take care of yourself! Part of taking care of yourself is treating yourself like you matter. Here are small ways to be kind to yourself throughout the day. Eat off of real plates. It only takes …
Yesterday afternoon, I checked out the book Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami. The lingering question in my mind, as I sat tear-streaked at the kitchen table, listening to the last notes of a classical piece that followed the recording, was, “What happened to Haida?”