I was wrong about everything. I was wrong that I didn’t want the jacuzzi tub… even though it looks tiny, it feels fucking amazing to have a JACUZZI TUB in YOUR OWN PERSONAL bathroom. I was wrong about what I wanted when I moved home. I was wrong about who I wanted when I moved…
Tag: Thoughts
5 Things I Emailed This Week: On Being Female (a well-dressed, attractive, rich, confident leader)
Feminist or not, it’s undoubtedly hard to navigate the various expectations around being female these days, what with their contradictions, restrictions, freedoms, and hypocrisies. Here are a few articles that explore some of these concepts, with telling quotes pulled out from each. “I wonder why we understand ownership so much better when we’re talking…
Gym Gem: Get What You Want
There’s a trainer at my gym who is a good friend—mostly a gym friend, though we’re text-level too. Today, I was squatting in the rack and he put his client on the platform directly behind me. I was squatting a weight that is doable, but slight scary (90% of 1RM), and it really bothered me…
2018 is the Year of Action
Despite my best laid plans for a year of clarity, I can’t say that 2017 really brought much. Then again, I embarked on a number of different journeys, each of which cleared up some things for me—earning my (E)MBA through Smartly (I still don’t know when/if you’re supposed to put the E there?), making career…
There Seems to Be a Theme … Stop | 3 Things I Emailed This Week
As I type from my couch home sick, where I’ve slept legitimately 24 of the last 48 hours, I am CLEARLY seeking/receiving/manifesting/some other something the words of the universe to STOP DOING SOMETHING. Not just slow down, but eliminate some things that aren’t serving me: The Most Unrealistic Expectation of Them All Need to hear…
Feel Something Friday
I find it hard to write about tragic events like the shooting in Las Vegas at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. I could have been there—literally, I got invited for a spontaneous trip Friday night, only to be uninvited Saturday—and many of my friends were. Friends’ friends were shot, and some are still in the…
Welcome Back, Self
Looking back, the end of 2016 and start of 2017 were a bit rough for me. There wasn’t one thing to pinpoint this malaise to, but more a general sense of unrest and un-wellness. Nothing was wrong, but nothing was quite right either. Of course, I had fun and stayed positive and grateful and made…
In Search of That Clarity | Feel Good Friday 042117
It’s almost 5 months into 2017, a year I ambitiously declared the year of clarity and then set to work on while also crossing all my fingers and toes hoping it would come true … this week, a few things crystallized. I’m transitioning from my awesome, badass job that I love to an entirely new-and-different…
Weighing in on Equal Pay Day
I missed Equal Pay Day last week because it was a different important day for me to discuss, but let’s hit it up now. Top of mind all the time and all. First: Then, check it: theskimm.com’s Guide to Equal Pay. And finally:
