I'll be at the bar, disappointing everyone this year. If there is one toxic trait I have it's that I cannot stand disappointing people. I saw a screenshot on Stories once of someone's phone with like 45 unread text messages and it said "I'll get back to you all eventually (or may not lol)!" I …
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Guest Post: What If One Question Could Change Your Life?
What If One Question Could Change Your Life? The simplest definition of courage is ‘the ability to do something that frightens one.’ As children, we are naturally fearless. We see the world as it is, we ask for exactly what we want (whether with words or not), and we are unapologetic as we ask questions …
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Essay: Sad French Movies
Publicly sharing my non-fiction is literally what my nightmares are made up of. But in my constant fight to open myself to new possibilities and to grow as a writer I have to actually let me writing be read. I am starting a writing class next week on Narrative, taught by one of my favorite …
Being An Ally Means You are Sometimes Wrong; How Accepting Criticism Makes You Brave
In the past I have shied away from writing about politics because I never feel that I know "enough" to be someone who should be putting information out there. That seems sort of silly now given the amount of news outlets that write whatever they want, ignoring truths for their own agendas. I've always wanted …
Do Less to Get More Done
Three years ago I made a note to myself in my journal. I had been reading something--an article or a book-- and wanted to boil down what I had read to a mantra. The entry says this: Work when you are working. Relax when you are relaxing. Write when you are writing. And it is …
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