Finding the Courage to be Disliked

Finding the Courage to be Disliked I recently rented a lakehouse with a group of people. I was going to say “friends” … and they are friends … but they’re not yet what I would consider my friends. Not all of them, at least. They’re my boyfriend’s friends,...

The Big “Wait” Before Work

The Big “Wait” Before Work I want … something.    A voice in my head tells me to pause, to wait before doing something “professional” with my day because something else needs to happen first. But I don’t know what, and can’t know what.    I want to wait...

Human Doing or Human Being?

Human Doing or Human Being? Life has been weird lately. Not because anything’s happening, but because of the opposite.   Nothing is happening.   For the first time since an early-20s gleefully unemployed phase, I don’t have anything to work on, I don’t have to...

You Have a Secret … (recipe)

You Have a Secret … (recipe) Everybody has a secret recipe for success.   Go on, even you.   You know it’s in there. Hidden away in your brain, locked tight for fear of exposure. Maybe floating smoke-like on the surface of consciousness, scarcely...

Good Morning! Waking Up with Anxiety.

Good Morning! Waking Up with Anxiety. Lately, I’ve been waking up to anxiety. You know the feeling? Not the kind that punches you in the gut—eyes flung open to see your lover didn’t come home last night. Nor the throbbing sort that lingers with loss or...