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Rethinking My Daily Writing Goals

New Goals for a New Year — I write for a living. Every day I log on to my computer and power through projects from corporate clients, engaging in strategy meetings and pumping out a steady stream of marketing content. It's not exactly easy, but it comes naturally to me, and I seldom have situations where I…

Writing Life

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Rethinking My Daily Writing Goals
Rethinking My Daily Writing Goals

Published in The Writing Cooperative

·Jun 26, 2021

Freelancing Isn’t for Everyone

Key considerations when deciding if it’s for you — As the pandemic spiked, so did the volume of “high-income” freelance writing webinars hitting my inbox. As someone who’s been navigating the world of freelance writing for over 6 years and now makes a comfortable income doing so, it’s been interesting and sometimes alarming to see the advice for would-be…

Freelancing

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Freelancing Isn’t for Everyone
Freelancing Isn’t for Everyone

Published in Climate Conscious

·Apr 24, 2021

Greener Lawn + Cleaner Planet

Grass lawns are one of the worst trends for sustainability — is it possible to have a green lawn with less environmental impact? As spring warms up, those of us fortunate enough to have our own greenspace are likely starting to think about what grows there. Spring is a common…

Sustainability

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Greener Lawn + Cleaner Planet
Greener Lawn + Cleaner Planet

Dec 31, 2020

Crisis-Proof New Year’s Resolutions

If the musings of Twitter are any indication, many people are feeling wary of making the kind of lofty New Year’s resolutions for 2021 that they did for 2020. Frankly, I’m among them. My resolutions to “be more social,” “participate more in community activities,” and “go to the gym 5x…

New Year

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Crisis-Proof New Years Resolutions
Crisis-Proof New Years Resolutions

Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life

·Nov 15, 2019

Give Your Brain a Destination

Reduce willpower strain by setting effective goals. — If you’re like many people on Medium, you’ve already read enough articles on willpower to know that it’s a limited resource. (If you haven’t, here are a few to catch you up: The Best Strategies to Boost Your Willpower, How to Increase Your Willpower, The Science of Willpower.) There’s a…

Productivity

4 min read

Give Your Brain a Destination
Give Your Brain a Destination

Sep 5, 2019

Crystal Healing? The Power of Placebo

Since 2010, Google searches for the phrase “crystal healing” have doubled, as this trend that lost steam in the early 2000s has returned with a vengeance, appearing arm in arm with a resurgence of other “new age” healing trends, such as Reiki, sound baths, and cupping. Urban areas across the…

Science

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Crystal Healing? The Power of Placebo
Crystal Healing? The Power of Placebo

Jan 14, 2019

Want Better Sleep? Try This

Being an adult is hard sometimes. It means more responsibility and more stress, and the afternoon nap that was a necessity during childhood becomes a frowned-upon habit. I’m personally a huge fan of naps, and fortunately, the science on the matter backs me up. Lack of sleep is associated with…

Sleep

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Want Better Sleep? Try This
Want Better Sleep? Try This

Published in Publishous

·Jan 7, 2019

Just Click Publish

As makers — writers, artists, entrepreneurs, creatives — we have grand visions for the things we make. When I imagined this article in the shower, it was legendary, epic, a piece that would transform how you thought about your work and your life. Or at least a piece that would…

Writing

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Just Click Publish
Just Click Publish

Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life

·Jan 3, 2019

Stop Trying to Find Your Passion

Stop saying you’re searching for your passion. Why? Thinking about passions as a scavenger hunt makes it less likely you’ll find one. In a recent paper in Psychological Science, Stanford researchers show that mindset matters when it comes to talking about passion. People who say they’re finding their passion are…

Passion

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Stop Trying to Find Your Passion
Stop Trying to Find Your Passion

Published in Publishous

·Dec 31, 2018

New Year, New You? Setting Resolutions That Stick

It’s no secret that the majority of New Year’s resolutions people set this week will fail before February. We’ve all been there. You make a list of ways you’re going to change, you believe with all your heart that this year is your year, but three weeks later you’re back…

Productivity

4 min read

New Year, New You? Setting Resolutions That Stick
New Year, New You? Setting Resolutions That Stick
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