I’m Starting a Business
It's tough out there for dreamers. I've decided to capitalize on that. With my new business, I'm sharing my wealth of experience on not letting any random business idea make it past a long drive in the country. It's money-back guaranteed. You're gonna love it.
Vacation should be more like quitting.
A year after writing a book about how to feel like I am the boss of me, I actually am my own boss. Unfortunately, I still didn’t vacation like I wish. I had trouble relaxing, and it reminded me vacation should feel more like quitting.
The Shoulda List
My list of things I should have been in this life—some more far-fetched than others. Some are the plot of a TV show from the eighties or a movie remake from an Audrey Hepburn film. All are more appealing than day jobs.
Sincerely, Me
I’m thinking of designing notecards. Or just telling you about this delightful Kate Spade version that brings me joy.
The Record Playing
There is a record that has played in my mind for as long as I can remember. It questions everything I have, have not, or should have done. Suddenly, in mid-life, the record is quieting.
I wish I hadn't worked so hard
It's one of the 5 Regrets of the Dying: I wish I hadn't worked so hard. I think about it a lot when I go to bed at night or wake up in the morning and look at my days (and thus my life) and wonder, Am I doing this right?
I've always been resistant to the 8-to-5. It leaves so little room for whims or creativity.
Doing My Thing
More often than not, by doing your thing, as opposed to what you think you ought to be doing, you kindle a fire that helps keep the rest of us warm.
Oliver Burkeman said this. He was a columnist for the Guardian, and his final piece has several bits of life wisdom like that. (It also has a brief treatise on why we shouldn't listen to celebrities
Be The Change
You know what I can't stop thinking about lately? How alike we all are. We all have fairly similar wishes about the day: I hope it's not a typical Monday. I hope I don't feel overwhelmed. I'd like to be inspired.
The Relief Behind Door Number Three
There are two really good options when you don't like something. And then, there is a third option, which has recently saved my life.
Someday, Someday Maybe
It's the title of the book I'm reading (by Lauren Graham, a fictionalized version of her early years in New York City trying to become an actress) and how I feel in this weird, building year in the story of me.
The Sunday Life
If you struggle with Mondays as much as I do, you are probably familiar with their evil predecessor, the dreaded Sunday night blues. It's hard to let go of Sunday, I wrote on Instagram once with a picture of the Anne book I was reading alongside no fewer than four notebooks and journals in which I had been writing.
When I Grow Up I Want to be an Architect
More than once in my life, I have been known to say (or, more likely, to write in my journal), "I love my life, but I do not like my days." I'm going to shuffle out on one very large limb here and assume that perhaps someone else can relate.
I love you, single task
I recently read the wonderful book on simplicity called Notes from a Blue Bike by Tsh Oxenreider . It's a memoir of sorts with this subtitle: The Art of Living Intentionally in a Chaotic World.
What Do You Really Want?
Do we really want money - just piles of dollars and cents? Or do we want the money for something we can get another way?