When I started my freelance business, I had one goal: To create a career I didn’t need a weekend away from. It was a goal made with the best of intentions. I was so tired of living for the weekend, of counting down the hours until I could walk out…

As I write this, I’m thinking of all the things in this house that are screaming at me. The dishwasher cries to be emptied. There’s a package on the doorstep. …

Extravert summer, here I come — I recently hit my two-weeks-after-full-vaccination date. My blood is pulsing with my own anti-covid mafia. Here’s how I’ve wielded this new power. 1. Bought sneakers. IN PERSON. Somehow, going out in slippers isn’t socially acceptable yet…? Even after all of this?? 2. Drove out of town to celebrate my sister’s graduation at her house Forty minutes into the trip, our home alarm went off. My husband pulled off…

Thoughts I’ve recorded while waiting for my body to build an antibody militia — For the past few weeks, I’ve awoken each morning at 6:15 from a dream. It’s never quite the same dream, but it always follows a predictable narrative: I’m walking through an airport, or a bus station, or I’m wandering through a city on foot. I have a tote bag over…

For those who have piles of empty notebooks — It took me forever to figure out how to keep a journal. How to be one of those people who is a journaler. The thing is, it’s not about willpower. It’s about finding the parts of journaling that work best with your lifestyle and desired goals. In this video, I…

(No, you don’t have to force yourself to keep a diary) — My brain is made of paper. My thoughts are bound in black leather, and my emotions are processed in gel pens. (Black ink for the normal stuff, ✨sparkly ink✨ for the really tough stuff). My journal is my second brain. It’s the place where I’m able to process thoughts, record…

3 Reasons why your goals keep failing — I’ve made a lot of stupid misguided goals in recent years. Some notable highlights: ❏ “Make $100K in my business” (…without even really liking the work I was doing) ❏ “Grow a following as a professional artist” (…even though I rarely did art in my free time) ❏ “Get conversational…

We’ve exhausted the Zoom calls, the sourdough starters, the puzzles, and Animal Crossing. We’ve gotten our pandemic puppies and eaten our weight in takeout. And here we are, a full year of pandemic pandemonium later, theoretically on a home stretch to a “new normal” that seems to keep getting further…

3 Tough Lessons for Content Creators — I knew it wouldn’t be easy… But I wasn’t ready for this slap in the face. A few months ago, I set out on a YouTube content experiment (a fancy way to say I’m makin’ videos now). …