For your writing to transform you and others, you need to be willing to go where it hurts. But it’s really scary. Writing into your pain feels raw and vulnerable. It feels like you’re exposing yourself to the world. But there is so much power in writing into your pain. When you give your pain […]
Two of the most damaging words in the English language are “I should.” I should be able to… I should be more like… I should be focusing on… I should feel… I should. I should. I should. All of the shoulds are so loud at times that they drown out the quiet voice of wisdom […]
I remember the first few weeks of working for myself. I was like a blind woman, wandering around, trying random things. I put a profile up on a tutoring site, and the first time someone hired me to tutor her felt like a dream. Wow, I thought. I can really do this. As exciting as […]
Today, I am draped in an orange and purple blanket from India. I lugged it back with me in a green and black backpack on overnight bus rides, through the streets of Shimla and Dehli, and finally home. This blanket cloaks me in memory – I went to India! I was brave! I lived in […]
I’m a freelance writer, which means I get paid to wake up and write everyday. I write in my dining room, sipping a glass of cold brew coffee over ice, my goldendoodle Kaia laying under my chair. I often wake up at 9AM and it’s okay, because no one is breathing down my neck. I […]
Sitting down to write this post, I took a picture I drew last year, of Maya, my backpacker, free-spirit self, and put it on the table next to me. See, I’ve built up this inner library of the way things “should” be done on my blog. You must write about writing. You must have bullet […]
When blogging first came out, I didn’t get it. “Why would someone want to read about my life?” I wondered. Even when I was living in Israel or traveling in Central America, I just wasn’t convinced that my experiences meant enough that someone would actually care to read about them. Years later, after coming back […]
What if, instead of niching down, like all of the marketing experts tell you to, you began with exploring who you are? What if you started your business on a foundation of self love? What if you gathered all of your unique and strange parts together and that was your niche, instead of an arbitrary […]
I burned my business to the ground last month. I’m freelance writing these days. I love it. Not because it’s my life purpose. Not because it’s what I’ve always been searching for. I love it because it’s fun, I’m good at it, and I’m making money. I’m learning. I’m growing. It doesn’t have to be more […]
In order to create a blog you love, you must trust yourself. In creating blog posts and in growing an audience, you step into the unknown. And it’s a little bit scary to put yourself and your voice out there. You might think… What if no one likes this post? Who am I to say […]
I am a writer. It’s a core part of my identity. But lately, I’ve been struggling with writer’s block. And today when I woke up, I knew. I knew that I needed to jump back into it. I was kick of writer’s block kicking my butt. So I sat down and I wrote a headline. […]
For years after 8th grade ended, I could always cheer myself up with the thought that no matter how bad things were, at least I was no longer in middle school. My tiny middle school contained some classes with less than 10 people in them. And we had been together forever. Since kindergarten. The problem […]