Whether you want to master the art of parenting, skiing, painting, sales, hairdressing, or fabulous living, know that taking the time to think about what matters most to you–and being willing to dedicate the time and effort to truly master that thing–means you will inevitably be successful. Because there’s joy and fulfillment in working hard to be excellent at something that matters to you.
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Disclaimer: I’m a blogger–not an expert. Be sure to reference official hurricane preparedness websites to make sure that you and your family are prepared. An important lesson I learned while living in Cuba is that being prepared is sexy. In 2004, I arrived to Cuba three days after Hurricane Charlie and served as the hurricane [...]
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Reader Question: Hi, my name is Pallavi and I am from India! I read your articles and follow your blog and I think its super cool! Well, I have a problem. I have been dating my guy for over two years now. And in these two years, he hasn’t gifted me a thing. Every time [...]
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I had never taken the time to seriously think about this idea before:
Being too picky and having unrealistically high expectations could mean you end up with nothing at all or with a situation far less desirable and delayed at that.
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All too often, when we encounter a story of someone who has “made it,” whether it is a person who has achieved something similar to our career dreams, someone who found and married her perfect partner, or even just someone who won an award (that you didn’t even apply for), our first reaction is to dismiss any possibility of such a lovely thing happening in our own life.
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In the midst of our venting, I was able to take a step back and realize that, although we were both dealing with challenges at present, they were challenges that we both felt capable of handling, and were a result of choices we had made in the past. The problems we were presently facing had no real influence or power over our futures. If these weren’t the types of problems we wanted, we could simply make different choices going forward, and choose to have new problems…
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Some contemporary thinkers are lashing out against the trope of the unhappy writer–not the individuals themselves–but rather our passive acceptance of the existence of the miserable, broke, and moderately insane word artist. It wasn’t until recently that I realized–or at least admitted to myself–that I too was headed on the path of being one of those miserable writers.
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As much as I love a self-help/new age book as much as the next dreadlocked self-employed aspiring celebrity in LA, I don’t consider myself to be a very superstitious person. However, for the last month, I have experienced something that I can only describe as bad juju. (For those of you wondering what the heck [...]
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Despite the fact that I have two Masters degrees and have a company helping people get into graduate school, I believe that oftentimes when we are feeling lost and confused in our lives and careers, wondering what our next step should be, getting more schooling is not the answer.
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My transformation into a bougie traveler helps me realize that no matter how much I shop at the store, I am not forever 21. The things that used to matter to me while traveling (spend as little money as possible and see as much as I can) are no longer as important.
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