Tag: Reflective writing

So 2020 was…a year. It took so much from us, and the only way I’ve found to cope is by searching for lessons I can use to do better in 2021 (although it’s not off to the best start either). One such lesson is “name what matters.” This is a concept from Kendra Adachi’s book…

I’ve written before about how I accidentally became a minimalist in college. It started out as a logistical necessity, but in the last few years it’s become kind of an obsession. In 2017 I read Marie Kondo’s hit book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. While I think some aspects of her method are a…

Do you remember how easy it was to make friends in high school? You were thrown together by circumstance or mutual interests. If you went to college, it was probably even easier; you were surrounded by people in your same major, and there were a seemingly unlimited number of clubs and sororities/fraternities to join. Read…

I like getting shit done. As the quintessential Type A overachiever, nothing makes me happier than writing a list and mowing through every item so I can mark it complete. On the other hand, I’m so detail-oriented that thinking big-picture is really tough. This year I wanted to be strategic about what ended up on…