A few months ago, over an enormous bowl of guac and a big bottle of Malbec, my best friend inadvertently introduced me to a phrase that's been slowly transforming my life. It began (as most good stories do) with trying to cancel a gym membership....
Figure out what makes you happy!
Tips & Recommendations to help you figure out what makes YOU happy (not your parents, friends, or partner)
Money-saving ideas because buying ish that doesn't actually make you happy is expensive!
Expert Advice to avoid the $18,000 thought-it-would-make-me-happy mistake I made
Do you want to be happy or do you want to be right? You can’t always be both.
For the last three months, I've been engaged in a (quiet, polite) battle of wills. It's been me vs. parking lot ice, me vs. the building manager, me vs. sand + salt almost every day since the mercury dipped below 32 degrees. I live in an adorable...
Hardwood Grows Slowly (A heavy-handed metaphor about growth + change)
Now you know how awkward I was as a child. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY, INTERNET. Rather bizarrely, I spent a large portion of my childhood thinking about wood. I grew up in rural Minnesota, eight miles outside a town of 2,000 people. We ate fish...
Someone Else’s Pain + Struggle Do Not Negate Yours
A few years ago I went through an absolutely heart-shredding breakup. I cried in many, many coffee shops, moved into a tiny apartment, and leaned on my friends a lot. They helped me move all the furniture I bought from Craigslist, listened to my...
19 Tiny Ways To Make The World A (Slightly) Better Place
We'd all like to live in a kinder, cleaner, less stress-filled world, right? Well, your mom was right when she said that the only thing you can control is yourself. And while I fantasize about the day that I'll levitate with goodness and grace,...
23 Ways To Unplug (in case you forgot how)
When I was brainstorming ideas for this post, I was HORRIFIED to discover that I could only think of, like, five activities that didn't involve technology. So many of my favorite things - watching dance tutorials on Youtube, road tripping (via...
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