Where Can I Lay Down the Weight of My Desires?
The mythmaking oracles have fallen out of style.
Frances Ha: Female Adulthood As Portrayed In The Moving Image
Sometimes, it’s not that we refuse to grow up. It’s
Eat Your Memories
Part food review. Part reflection on the ties that bind.
To The Restaurant That Ruined Mother’s Day Surprise: I love You.
Instead of “I love you” we say, “I bought you
To The Restaurant That Ruined Mother’s Day Surprise: I love You.
Instead of “I love you” we say, “I bought you
The Courage to Suffer: Viktor Frankl’s Formula for a Meaningful Life
The love that Frankl writes about isn’t bound by physicality
What Are Your Top 10 Feel-Good Comfort Shows and Movies?
I am glad to have come of age in the
In Honor of Female Friendship This Galentine’s Day
But for some of us, our greatest love stories will
What Would You Grow In Your Garden?
Instead, it is a tension in the air, a sensation
Field Notes On Being
The newsletter is a space for reflections on culture, personal growth, and showing up meaningfully in the world. Think of it as a living archive of curiosity, connection, and discovery.
What Are Your Top 10 Feel-Good Comfort Shows and Movies?
I am glad to have come of age in the tail end of cable TV. Life back then was unencumbered
In Honor of Female Friendship This Galentine’s Day
But for some of us, our greatest love stories will be afternoons spent running errands side by side each other,
What Would You Grow In Your Garden?
Instead, it is a tension in the air, a sensation capable of contracting and expanding into the realms of what
When It All Feels Too Much…
It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. Life can sometimes feel like it’s
Attention Is Generosity: Why Our Attention Span is ‘Decreasing’
The French philosopher Simone Weil meditated in her notebook, “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”
How Do You Define Success?
We have to put up with the messy middle. And, often, when we do, it may just surprise us how
Inspirational Comics: Whatever You Dream You Can Do, Begin It
Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it!
“I Suck” and Maybe That’s Okay—Consistency Over Perfection
Should perfection even be your aim? Or is our definition of perfect, like many things, overused and overrated?
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autumn begins with something trivial: keys forgotten in another city,
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A Wholesome Illustration about Happiness
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On Dating and Pork Tapa: Are You Seeing Someone Right Now?
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Help! My TBR List is Getting Out of Hand: 15 Book Recommendations by Shek
To hold a book in your hand is to hold a promise—of adventure, love, grief,
I Hope You Feel the Magnitude of Your Place in this Universe
I work from a brown, wooden desk. On my left, a succulent plant with a
Introverts, Listen Up: Human Behavior Investigator Vanessa Van Edwards on How to Captivate and Lead
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