Live Your Truth
I set out to write a very different book – what I’ve learned about productivity, health, fitness, creating. How to be your best on the outside. Instead, this book rose. About discovering and living...
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Hard Rock hotel, late night, walking back to my room. Pass photos of famous musicians, stop and stare at them for a while. Kurt Cobain. You can see the pain in his eyes. I look at others, similar. Do...
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The tools have changed, but the process hasn’t. You sit, an empty page in front, whether it’s pixels or paper or parchment, and you fill it with feelings, with emotion, with life. There is magic here....
View ArticleHow Things Work
(I cut this piece from Live Your Truth because it didn’t fit the narrative arc. It’s 100% true.) I don’t remember when I first started reading James Altucher‘s blog, but I clearly remember the first...
View ArticleWhy Wait?
When I die I want you to climb the highest mountain you see. As you set your ice axe upon the peak and plant your flag, think: he should have done this. When I die I want you to call my mom each day...
View ArticleNotes to a Born Self
I don’t know the exact time of my birth. 5 or 6 am. My mom remembers dawn breaking outside the window. When I press her for more, she gently reminds me that she was occupied at the time. Fair enough,...
View ArticleThe God Particle
In Chemistry, you learn about electrons. The orbits they inhabit. But the most fascinating part is how they jump orbits when excited. One moment – excuse the blatant simplicity – happily circling at...
View ArticleWisdom, Nine-Year Old Style
“What’s it like being a nine year old girl?” I ask. We’re in a Sushi joint in downtown Sebastabol. More Organic you-name-it stores per square foot than anywhere I’ve been. When you drive into town, a...
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