The Jealousies (n). A brilliant term coined by my friends Jamie and Nicole to convey the sentiment of watching someone be or do something you wish you could. Perhaps it’s an internal quality, like their charm or joie de virve. Or maybe they wrote a book or ran a marathon; bought a house or started [...]
August 2011
Can you believe summer is almost over? I’m shocked at how fast time is flying. It seems like just yesterday that I was hosting a Creative Day of New Years Genius and making big plans for the year, uncertain about where my book and sabbatical would take me. I had no idea that just nine [...]
I’m writing today from a place of deep gratitude. I was one of two keynote speakers at the first annual 20 Something Blogger Summit this past weekend in Chicago — three incredible days of ideas, connections and reunions with friends new and old. Despite my nerves about living up to keynote status (this was my [...]
Before I jump in, a heartfelt thanks to all of you for the incredible response to the new website design – you’ve blown me and Nina away! It feels great knowing that all of our hard work paid off, and I look forward to continuing to pimp things out around here with your guidance and [...]
Today is a VERY exciting day. If you’re reading in a feed reader, pop on over to the blog to check out the fancy new digs! I’ve had the same logo and tagline since 2005 when I first set-up this website — that’s SIX years! To say that I’ve outgrown it is an understatement (“No one [...]
Last December, during the magical week in which my friend Julie and I realized we simply had to move to New York, I met a guy. He will be hereto referred to as The Guy, so as to protect the innocent, though the only one about to be embarrassed by this post is me. Now I’m just crossing every [...]
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