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Dec 31, 2022

The 22 Most Beautiful Lines I Read in 2022

Gut-wrenching and lovely, poignant and sharp, these are the lines that stuck with me this year — I am back with my annual roundup of sentences I read this year that stopped me in my tracks. Sentences I underlined, bookmarked, and thought about for days and weeks after. In no particular order, here are the 22 most beautiful lines (occasionally I cheat and include 2–3) I read…

Writing

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The 22 Most Beautiful Lines I Read in 2022
The 22 Most Beautiful Lines I Read in 2022
Writing

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Dec 20, 2022

The Guilt of Feeling Happy

Plus Mantras to Find Your Joy — I am a steadfast habit tracker and goal seeker, always aspiring to do/see/feel/experience more. It’s the way I’m wired; I barely even think about this side of me, I just live into it. But while I’m constantly on the hunt for more, I recognize that I’ve got it pretty good…

Mental Health

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The Guilt of Feeling Happy
The Guilt of Feeling Happy
Mental Health

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Nov 18, 2022

6 Meaningful, Captivating Books to Gift This Holiday Season

A book recommendation for every person in your life — You may have heard the rule about gifting: want/need/wear/read. It’s cute, and it rhymes so it’s easy to remember. But I say why not skip the first three and just gift a book? Or several? I’m steadfast in my belief that books make the best gift. They don’t dip in…

Book

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6 Meaningful, Captivating Books to Gift This Holiday Season
6 Meaningful, Captivating Books to Gift This Holiday Season
Book

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Sep 23, 2022

I’ve Tracked My Habits for Three Years

This is what I’ve learned — In the fall of 2019, I was gifted a beautiful journal. Beyond the allure of a cloth-bound notebook and a fancy pen to use with it, I was sucked into the journal the way I get sucked into a good story: passionately, obsessively. …

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I’ve Tracked My Habits for Three Years
I’ve Tracked My Habits for Three Years

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Sep 15, 2022

The Introvert’s Guide to Self-Care

Three meaningful ways to nurture your introversion — Listen. There are a lot of introverts out there observing the world as it turns, quietly contributing as much as everyone else — just differently. It is an extrovert’s world, and trying to find our place within it can be exhausting to the point where a single work meeting can…

Self Care

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The Introvert’s Guide to Self-Care
The Introvert’s Guide to Self-Care
Self Care

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Jul 12, 2022

The Benefits of Anxiety

And Why It Might Actually Be Your Superpower — It was the last thing I wanted to do, but I signed up for it anyway: to read some of my writing in front of an audience. I was so anxious about it, so afraid that I might freeze while in front of everybody, that I might panic and cut…

Anxiety

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The Benefits of Anxiety
The Benefits of Anxiety
Anxiety

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Apr 27, 2022

4 Practical Suggestions to Help You Get Unstuck

On finding new ways to think so you can keep thriving — We have all become mental Olympians these past two years, bending everything we once knew and trying to shape it into something that will work in the new landscape we’ve been thrust into. If our time making adjustments has taught us anything, it’s that stagnancy is the antithesis of success. …

Productivity

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4 Practical Suggestions to Help You Get Unstuck
4 Practical Suggestions to Help You Get Unstuck
Productivity

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Apr 3, 2022

Treat Your Mind Like Your Home

On Being Proactive About Your Mental Health — We will do anything to make the physical spaces we live in beautiful. We will clean out the closets, get rid of clutter, and wash our windows. We will swap out the old with the new and refreshing. …

Mental Health

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Treat Your Mind Like Your Home
Treat Your Mind Like Your Home
Mental Health

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Mar 21, 2022

How to Make Time for Reading, No Matter How Busy You Are

I recently was engaged in my favorite topic of conversation: books. My friend told me that when her children were young, she would get up at 5:00 each morning to read. I found that to be so charming. I pictured the scene: a hot mug of coffee, a cozy sweatshirt…

Reading

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How to Make Time for Reading, No Matter How Busy You Are
How to Make Time for Reading, No Matter How Busy You Are
Reading

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Feb 17, 2022

How to Support a Friend Who’s Going Through a Rough Patch

Six simple things you can do to help your loved ones when they need it — Let’s get really diplomatic about something quick: Life is weird. Some days are marvelous. Some days feel impossible, and those days can easily blur into weeks, sometimes months. When that happens, we need our community to be there for us to hold our hand and bring us back to the…

Relationships

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How to Support a Friend Who’s Going Through a Rough Patch
How to Support a Friend Who’s Going Through a Rough Patch
Relationships

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