22 hours agoMember-onlyRead This When You Feel Behind In LifeOn living in the gap, regrets, late bloomers, and hope — We just closed on this house! I got this random text recently. I struggled to reply before settling on a simple celebration emoji. Don’t misunderstand, I’m happy that they’re happy, but all I really wanted to say was, why are you in such a hurry to accomplish every little thing…Self6 min readSelf6 min read
Published in Curious·1 day agoMember-onlyThe Art of Ideas: How To Constantly Evolve in 2023Reinventing the wheel is a waste of time — I have thick, curly hair that I didn’t cut for five years. I love having long hair, but when I moved from the humid East Coast to the desert, the texture changed. I found myself with a head full of hair that felt totally foreign to me. What was once…Ideas6 min readIdeas6 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyYou Are What You Consume OnlineHow to create an online experience that actually inspires you — When Jon Steel planned the focus group for a pitch to the California Milk Processing Board, he asked participants to go without milk for one week. Then share their experience. Recalling his morning routine, one man said he woke up, got dressed, walked downstairs, poured cereal into the bowl, sliced…Self5 min readSelf5 min read
4 days agoMember-onlyTop Reasons Most Writers Quit Too Soon#1 It’s hard When I launched my first blog in 2019, nothing really happened. Sure, I built a following and an email list, but that audience is lost somewhere down the tubes of the internet. I had no idea what I was doing. I had no plan, no content strategy…Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Mar 17Member-only6 Books On Emotional Maturity That Will Teach You Self UnderstandingLearning yourself is a powerful tool A peanut butter sandwich. That was the culprit of a huge blow-up. It had been a long day, and all I wanted was to have my measly peanut butter sammy in peace. Wah. Poor me.😩 I sat the plate on the arm of the…Self4 min readSelf4 min read
Published in Practice in Public·Mar 17Member-onlyUse This App to Write More ContentNope, it’s not ChatGPT. — With all the buzz about AI blog writing tools like ChatGPT, it’s tempting to see if you really can double your content production like some promise. Though it’s a little concerning for many writers, it makes sense that tech has evolved into this. …Writing6 min readWriting6 min read
Mar 16Member-onlyUnderhanded Life Lessons You Learn At Rock BottomLessons learned at the absolute lowest points in life On a random Thursday, I cracked a bottle of wine just after 2 p.m. This is it, I thought. This is rock bottom. In 2020, my support system fell apart. My marriage was struggling. I had postpartum PTSD after a tragic…Life5 min readLife5 min read
Mar 10Member-onlyAmazing And Bad*ss Women To Read That You Probably Haven’t Heard OfCelebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories 2023 The theme for Women’s History Month this year, Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories, and it feels like a fitting call to highlight the authors who were brave enough to challenge the standards. Here are six notable women writers to read this month…Womens History Month4 min readWomens History Month4 min read
Mar 9Member-onlyThe Exact Hacks I Used To Beat Burnout Last Year#2 Cleaning Out Emails I spent most of last year looking exactly like this photo. I couldn’t get ahead. I couldn’t concentrate, let alone focus on any one thing. It felt like everything was just too hard. Every beloved pastime I relied on before stopped working. Burnout reduced me to…Burnout3 min readBurnout3 min read
Mar 9Member-only5 Tricks for Landing Writing Jobs That Cost $0That actually work — 82% of the freelance market in the US is made up of writers. From the outset, it seems like an over-saturated market, but in a world where content continues to be king, it isn’t—considering that 4.4 million blog posts are published every single day. Struggling to find writing jobs that…Writing Tips3 min readWriting Tips3 min read
