I read The Miracle Morning back in the Fall of 2015 in the midst of a hard time and lapped up the formulaic routine the […]
Leigh Bardugo
In a packed church on 8th & Brazos, I — and a couple hundred more readers — braved the evening storm to see Leigh Bardugo, […]
Book Recommendation: The F*ck It Diet
I started following Caroline Dooner, author of The F*ck It Diet, on Instagram a few months ago after a friend shared one of her posts. […]
Giving Back & Reading
I’m am lucky to have the opportunity to Give Back through my work. Since I run HR there, I also run most of our Give […]
My Writing Aspiration
I want to write stories like S.J. Goslee. She’s published two books, Whatever and How (Not) To Ask a Boy To Prom, the latter of […]
That Book Advice Again
I wrote earlier this year about Gretchen Rubin’s advice: stop reading bad books. When a book doesn’t capture you, it slows all your reading down. […]
All The Difference
It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with […]
92 Books
I’m still using Goodreads to track, and as of this morning, I’ve completed 92 books this year, 42 of them over the last quarter (March-June).
It Is Our Choices
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” J.K. Rowling This quote from Harry Potter and the Chamber […]
Coming Home to Harry
There’s a large poster of Harry Potter opposite my bed. It’s the “Let the Magic Begin” poster from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone where Harry, in all his eleven-year-old intensity, stares me down.