I turn 30 in three months, and I’m not freaking out at all. I’m fine. To boot, I have none of the accomplishments and milestone of the person who “has life figured out.” Instead of a stable job, I don’t have a job. I’m choosing to be a full-time writer, which is lucrative at times, […]

  The following is a guest post written by Molly Barnes at Digital Nomad Life   Do you have a novel rattling around in your head that you’re planning to write someday – like decades from now when you retire? Would love to be a writer, but you’re afraid to commit to it because of the […]

Beginner’s mind gives you superpowers if you use it the right way. People are scared to be a novice. They want to know the path beforehand. They want guaranteed success. These people don’t realize how powerful a lack of knowledge can be. Beginner’s mind can lead to breakthroughs. It’s one of the few states where […]

It’s hard to figure out what the best self-help books are because…there are a lot of self-help books. Like, a lot a lot.  And 95 percent of them are mediocre or bad. Self-improvement changed my life. At a point where I felt lost in life, reading a bunch of self-help books helped me immensely. See, […]

How do you become a better person? What does that even mean? Who gets to decide? What are the standards? How do you know for certain you’re moving in the right direction? The definition of better changes depending on the context. You can improve in certain areas while you degrade in others. The classic example […]

I lost my job and my wife in the span of a week. Ok, let’s backtrack a little. I didn’t lose my job, per se, but I was on the brink of it. Long story short, because I was distracted (or so I thought), I made a major gaffe on a marketing campaign at my […]

Why do we love life quotes so much? I think I have the answer. Life quotes have a way of piercing through the b.s. and noise surrounding us. Life quotes are the Gordian knots that cut through that noise and reveal the essence of life we know deep down but tend to forget. I’m a […]

I’m not the first person to write about reading comprehension strategies, nor will I be the last. I do, however, have a unique angle on the subject you won’t find in many other places. Reading gives you superpowers. It just does. I don’t know the exact science behind it but reading books opens the world […]

Why is the fear of failure so powerful? You’ve heard the question a million times – “What would you do if you weren’t afraid to fail?” But asking that question isn’t useful because you are afraid to fail. Speaking in hypotheticals doesn’t work as well as giving you strategies to deal with reality. And the […]

If we were all being honest, we’d admit we hate ourselves sometimes. We hate the parts of ourselves that we don’t tell anyone else about. We hate our shadow. Even for people who often feel good about themselves, you can’t avoid hating yourself at least some of the time at least a teeny tiny bit. […]