Happy Halloween! The sky is orange this morning — a gradient stretching up from the Austin skyline of melon, pale yellow, to blue, streaked with […]
Ryan Holiday
A few years ago my boss recommended a book when I was looking for a mindset resource for a coworker: The Daily Stoic by Ryan […]
Writing Update: In the Clouds
I have to be real, folks, I haven’t made much progress. I’ve made some progress but I’m not in that intense writing state right now. […]
Texas Book Festival & Rainbow Rowell
My author events have increased exponentially this month from my normal null to the Texas Teen Book Festival and Leigh Bardugo in the last couple […]
Winona Ryder Party
My drinking to excess has taken a noticeable (and healthy) downswing this year, but sometimes I plan for it. Times like last night, when I’m […]
The Nap
My mother is a much better nap-taker than I am for many reasons, but mainly that she actually takes naps. And partially become she has […]
Anxiety
Anxiety is spindly, spider-like, coated in dripping pitch that stains the floor, the walls, the ceiling as it thrashes and slows then slams itself against […]
The Ivy Lee Method
There’s a prevalent conversation at work right now about productivity on both an individual scale, sure, but more so on an organizational level: 1) how […]
Coaching My Third-Grade Self
When I was in third grade I got asked by my teacher to go give something — a folder maybe — to another teacher during […]
Writing Update: Google Searches
I’m working through the draft, fixing a few smaller things at first since, once again, the bulk of the rewriting lift will happen in the […]