The Value of a Liberal Arts Education. 15 Sep 2012 | 03:18 am

“It is extremely difficult to stay alert and attentive, instead of getting hypnotized by the constant monologue inside your own head (may be happening right now). Twenty years after my own graduation,...

Twenty Five. 3 Sep 2012 | 04:21 am

Words run through my head like a song stuck on repeat. Begging to run down my arms and out of my fingers onto the page. I am too busy to notice. Too busy wanting to crawl into fetal position and hide ...

How to Take Amazing Photos With Your iPhone 24 Jul 2012 | 08:44 am

My friend Alli just launched an ebook about iphone photography and I think you should buy it. For the first few years Alli had an iPhone, I had a droid.  I would see her posting all of these cool thi...

My Best Goodwill Find To Date. 18 Jun 2012 | 10:04 pm

On Fear. 10 Jun 2012 | 03:39 am

I was lucky enough to stumble across this quote today. “I am afraid too. I am frightened all the time, but I do not let the fears determine my behavior. How I act and whether or not I am afraid ar...

Don’t Shelve Your Dreams. 3 Jun 2012 | 12:41 am

I hired Theo Pauline Nestor, a writing a coach a few months back to help me get some of my writing into shape. She is an amazing coach and teaches a course on memoir writing. Last night she posted a p...

How Facebook Changes Your Identity [Video] 16 May 2012 | 12:40 am

Last week I did a presentation at Chicago Ignite. The idea is that you present twenty slides in five minutes, giving you fifteen seconds per slide. I decided to talk about how Facebook changes your id...

Happy Mother’s Day 15 May 2012 | 10:34 am

I would post an actual picture of Aiden and I on Mother’s Day but that would mean that I would have had to get dressed and put makeup on. But it was Mother’s Day. So, instead you get a picture of Ai...

Help Me, Help You. 13 May 2012 | 09:50 am

I have been following Marie Forleo‘s blog for a long time. I started watching her after my friend Mariah went to her b-school and came back with all of these stories about how awesome and amazing and...

So. Much. Stuff. 24 Apr 2012 | 02:00 pm

There is lots of stuff happening. So much stuff that this blog post is going to be a list of things I want you to know right now. There will be no lengthy prose. There will be no dramatically craft...