Leaving your comfort zone

What pushing past your comfort zone can feel like: Absolute terror (how the hell are you supposed to succeed?)Questioning your desire and trying to logic your way out of what you wantInsanity (who are you to go after your dream?)Constant failureOscillating between two...

A different kind of permission

Lately, I’ve been exhausted during the day. I want nothing but sleep. My business, my writing, going to the store to buy the two grapefruits I need but forgot to get while there last, all feel draining, exhausting, like hurdles I have to jump over and I was...

Honor your brain

No one can tell you how to live your life but you.  You might need an outside perspective to help you see the big picture*, but if someone’s offering you advice that feels out of alignment with who you are (say, telling you to stay in a loveless marriage or to...

Who cares how long it takes

It took me 2 years to finish a short story once. A story that’s under 1,500 words, mind you. And there’s another idea rattling around in my head that I had back in 2017. I’m still not done—in fact, I haven’t even decided what that story really...

Stop chasing a fantasy

When you finish your novel, your life won’t be any different than it is now. Your anxiety and depression won’t disappear. Your dreams of making millions of dollars won’t magically come true. You won’t suddenly attract the love of your life...