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A weekly-ish dispatch exploring the messiness of being human. An existential twist on all things relationships, self, and meaning.
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Another Trip Around the Sun: Four Things This Year Taught Me (opens the original)
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For my birthday this year, I went to Scotland. (Last week!)And, as one does, I climbed the Old Man of Storr.It was grey and wet, and the fog swallowed everything past a few feet. It was the kind of weather that makes you feel like the only person left in the world. It was exactly what I needed: a place to sit with the year behind me and let it go quietly as the new one came in.Here’s what I carried back down.I. I’m learning not to let the bad moments steal the good ones.This year I learned how t
Why Second-Guessing Doesn't Mean You Chose Wrong (opens the original)
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This weekend I was on stage at the Wellness Oasis in London, talking about self-doubt. The interviewer asked which form of it I’ve struggled with. (The audacity! Just kidding, great conversation!) The answer was immediate: historically I struggled with doubting my decisions. I second-guessed my choices, replayed them again and again and again and again, and pushed back against my own judgment. Anyone else?I think this flavor of doubt feels so common, even second nature, because of how life works
Three Ways Of Defining Success (opens the original)
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We all have an internal scoreboard for success. Salary, job title, square footage, relationship status, or a five-year plan. Worse yet, most of us measure our own success not simply by what we’ve accomplished but by how we “rank” with those around us. Did we get better or worse grades? A higher paying job? Why did their relationship last 18 months longer than ours? Did they win? We tend to struggle on birthdays that make us do the math we didn’t want to do: where we thought we’d be by now, where
It’s Brave to Feel Deeply (opens the original)
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“I’m sorry, I don’t know why I’m crying” or “this is so embarrassing, I didn’t mean to cry” are common phrases that I hear. But why? In a world of curation and AI, where we cope and numb ourselves through scrolling, binge-watching, and drinking, to name a few, it’s refreshing to meet someone who is so present and moved by life itself. Someone not scared to feel.I wish more people had a song they couldn’t listen to without tearing up, a commercial that always makes them sob, and movies that make
On Not Getting What You Want (opens the original)
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Sometimes I struggle with not getting what I want. I become a petulant toddler, making a scene and hoping the universe takes notice and changes its mind. And no matter how much practice I get, it hasn’t become easy. Even though I’m still learning, I wanted to share a couple of thoughts that help me soothe the disappointment (or devastation!) depending on the day.First: you know when you are rewatching a movie or TV show with someone and it’s the stressful part? You see the other person getting a
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