To write is to look for yourself in a mirror. Sometimes the mirror starts covered in dust, paint, or sometimes it’s shattered.
To write is to build, clean, and polish that mirror. Because when you’re done, you find yourself staring back.
And while you thought the mirror needed fixing, you were wrong. It was the face in the mirror that was broken.
And you built that mirror by writing, and can now begin to understand what it means to be you, to be human, to be broken, and to fix yourself.
Every month I share an email for change makers and creatives with inspiring thoughts, resources, stories, and interviews to live a simplified and intentional life.
As I sit here, evacuated from our home in West Kelowna for the last 6 days because of wildfires raging through the city, I wonder how well humanity is actually dealing with climate change. And I don't mean the long-term mitigation efforts. The big 2025, 2030, or 2050...
I used to think I was scattered and inconsistent. That I was less worthy because I have tried many things and didn't hyper-specialize in one thing. But now I know that's bullsh*t. The world needs specialists, and it needs generalists - here's why. The problems we face...
A clouded heart craves happiness but will never kiss the sunAnd even the noblest intentions continue casting shadowOnly through seeing with a pure heart will one find peaceWhere the light is not sought, but radiates with ease In this, one mustn’t expel effort to...
In the randomness we writhe And yet chaos breeds a time That we cannot merely run from But can actually build our home on. When we run from disorder We forget the chance to be the sorter, To be the one who surfs with the waves Instead of the drown one, we can save....
I definitely didn't think I would move out of Notion, it's so powerful, simple to look at, fun to use, integrated with everything, and had so many possibilities. But more me was the definition of beating around the bush. But it's not so easy to give up the holy grail...
Am I striving for exposure to new ideas - and lots of them? Or am I hoping to go deep on a subject and really absorb the content? Or am I hoping to spark new ideas that will be jumping off points for content and future thoughts? There are so many reasons to consume...