motivation
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My Least Favorite Question
There is one question that haunts my dreams. One question that I have tried to master my entire life, but still find myself quaking in its presence. This question rattles me to my core, it can make me reconsider absolutely everything in my life, and can even make me want to stand up from a… Continue reading
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You Can
Is there a place you’ve always wanted to go to? A thing you’ve always wanted to try? A bucket list item that you always bring up excitedly, but then follow it up with a gloomy, wistful “someday”? Is there something you keep adding to your want-to-do list? An idea bouncing around in your head that… Continue reading
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Look for the Heart Shaped Pizzas
When I was in high school, I was part of my church youth group. On Wednesday nights, we would get together to worship, hear a sermon, and then hang out and talk. The boys liked to skateboard and play tag and do stunts that would make me say, “that doesn’t look safe.” And the girls… Continue reading
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Permission to Stay Home
If you’re looking for it, or you know in the back of your mind that you need it, or if you’re just too afraid to ask for it, this is your permission to stay home. Consider this your field trip slip, signed and ready to be turned in. You can stay home. You can do… Continue reading
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Savor the Silver
On a recent episode of Couple Things, Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson and her husband Andrew East were talking about things they wish they knew when they were young adults. I liked the episode as I feel like you can never get too much good advice. And one thing that stuck out to me was, “focus… Continue reading
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Embrace Your Multitudes
I just finished watching The Bear on Hulu. While I haven’t counted, I’m probably a season or two behind on at least 15-20 other shows. My wishlist on the library app is 150 books deep. My bucket list has 64 items and only six are crossed off. When I get an idea for an essay… Continue reading
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You Might be the Answer
It’s always easy to imagine that when you meet someone new or put yourself out there, things aren’t going to work out. It’s easy to imagine being rejected, which is why we often don’t want to put ourselves in that position to begin with. Saying the wrong thing, tripping over your own feet, doing something… Continue reading
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Your Kindness is Never Small
Sometimes when I think about how big the world is and how many people are in it, and then how big the universe is and how much left there is to discover, I feel very small. I am just one person, in one place on one planet, in one galaxy in the universe. And when… Continue reading
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Merry (Half) Christmas!
Every year, come December, a large portion of the world is set ablaze by the joy and terror of Christmas shopping. We make our lists, we check them 45 times, and then we often procrastinate until the last minute. Christmas shopping is about finding special gifts for special someones, or perhaps buying gifts for people… Continue reading
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Take a Nap on the Floor
Yesterday, as I drove home from church, I began to map out the rest of my Sunday in my head. It was 11:45 a.m. and I was trying to plan my day out by the hour. I thought about going for a walk, or even a run. I wanted to get some chores done, to… Continue reading
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