I have struggled with the concept of enoughness, and I am willing to bet you do to. I was no stranger to the feeling of 9 pm, computer in my lap, I just have to cross this one more thing off of my to do list. I was no stranger to wandering the Internet aimlessly … Read more
Too often, when we feel as though we are a work in progress, we succumb to the belief that we aren’t worth rejoicing until we _________. We require ourselves to follow strict plans: monitoring our eating, chaining ourselves to the treadmill every single day, or refusing to acknowledge compliments given to us by strangers because … Read more
About a week ago, I picked up the first book in the Fifty Shades of Grey series. I had read an article that about how it had sold over 40 million copies worldwide, as a self-published book, and I honestly, I wanted to know what the fuss was about. And then I fell in. Head … Read more
Open scene: Julia Roberts sits in front of a table of twenty plates, each laden with a different type of egg dish – scrambled eggs, omlettes, poached – trying to decide what type of eggs she likes. The premise is this: She doesn’t know what kind of eggs she likes outside of her relationships, thereby … Read more
I remember, very clearly, a time when I realized this: I don’t even know what I like. I knew what other people liked. I knew what the people in my life preferred. I knew how to do it so that I got an A. I knew what the right way to do things was. But … Read more