Lessons From a decade of words
When I was younger, it seemed like doing anything for a decade (other than the obvious, like staying alive or watching sunsets) was insane. My interests changed from moment to moment in my teens, and so did my personality. Nothing was consistent. Nothing survived the test of time. Or, so it seemed anyway. Now, as […]
Standing On Broken Glass: How To Get Up After A Fail
This post is both a metaphor and entirely literal. Last night, in the middle of the bathroom, as happens to me not infrequently, I was injured. I stood on some broken glass. As with all large, momentous, fails it honestly took me a while to notice what had happened. It took a moment for the [&hellip
Lessons From a decade of words
When I was younger, it seemed like doing anything for a decade (other than the obvious, like staying alive or watching sunsets) was insane. My interests changed from moment to mome
A Year, Interrupted
When you’re young — and the thought of waiting even just ten more minutes for your parents to get ready for a day out at the zoo seems like a lifetime wast
I Blogged Every Day in January. Here’s How It Went
If you don’t celebrate the little things in life, how will you ever be able to recognize the larger things when they roll through? Today marks a whole month of me put
Finding Time For Yourself: Working From Home
Often, hours tumble into one when I’m working from home. I find time to work, and barely to eat, and that’s about it. Here’s what I’ve been doing to relax.
Standing On Broken Glass: How To Get Up After A Fail
This post is both a metaphor and entirely literal. Last night, in the middle of the bathroom, as happens to me not infrequently, I was injured. I stood on some broken glass. As wit
How To Write When You Don’t Feel Like It
Few people disagree that it’s hard to write when you’re uninspired. So how to write when the words don’t come? Here’s how:
Writing When Circumstances Change: More Tips
The longer I go on, the more I become utterly convinced that life is one giant shout into the void. It’s one epic adventure into the unknown. Here’s how to write th
How To Become A Writer
In all the worlds in all the universe, one question echoes louder above the rest in the hearts and minds of avid creators looking for their place in the cosmos: how exa
How to Eat Healthy Working From Home
Look, I struggle as much as the next person when I’m sandwiched somewhere between the cereal bars and the literal sandwich bread trying to work or write from home. So

The Art of Living
The older I get, the more I understand that life isn’t about perfectly staged moments or pristine memories or even long periods of joy. It’s about all the other stuff too. In many ways, all of that other stuff. Here’s how life just seems to work now.