It was in those moments between sleep and waking that I first noticed the feeling. It was one part fear and one part exhaustion. I felt myself realize what the day ahead of me held,…
Browsing Category Risk and Fear
Remember — the Importance of Looking Back
I’m sitting on a couch in sunny Los Angeles in a house that does not belong to me. It belongs to my grandmother. I have so many memories in this room: playing legos on the…
Arrival Is Not the Point (True Creatives Never Arrive)
In the early stages of any endeavor, we look forward to arrival. We set out with a goal in mind, and that is what keeps us moving forward. We long for the day when we…
Find Your Voice by Using It
Roughly once a month for the past year a small group of people have gathered in a wine cellar tucked away beneath a restaurant in Seattle. We gather to tell stories. This group was birthed…
That Once-In-a-Lifetime Opportunity: Does it Really Exist?
Can we talk about that “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” for a moment? We hear this a lot, and it’s all really exciting, but I want to pick it apart a little bit. “Once-in-a-lifetime” things are electric. They…