A deadline was once a line you crossed at the cost of your life. I’ve been thinking about what dies every time I cross my own — and what quietly comes alive when I don’t. Every deadline, it turns out, It is Monday, 4pm. The newsletter is due in four hours. That was not the […]
I have a plan. Therein lies my defeat. Or as the famous quote goes: “Life is what happens while we are busy making plans.” And I don’t want to miss life. But there is something seductive about a good plan. The predictability. The illusion of control. The reassurance of knowing, more or less, where […]
You are already casting spells. Every repeated daily act is a ritual — the question is only whether you choose your magic consciously, or cast unhelpful spells without even noticing. There is a kind of magic that only becomes visible through time. A glimmering golden thread, running quietly through the days of a life […]
There is an art to the family gathering. It is called not blowing anything up. I see it more and more — in myself, in my friends. We are getting better and better at navigating the minefields of family gatherings. The gentle nudge that steers the conversation elsewhere. The subtle distraction. The engaging question […]
Are you relieved? Or disappointed? Today’s newsletter isn’t coming. Not the full version, anyway. I’ve been sick all week. The gym, my dance class, a weekend with my family — all cancelled. And yes, there was sadness. But underneath it, a great exhale. A childish joy of a week with nowhere to be. Like […]
We look at the same world and see vastly different things. One image means freedom of expression for some and moral decay for others. One sentence can be intended as a compliment and land as an insult And across the world, people are killing each other over stories. Not only over land or power, […]
The borderlands are the places between what we have outgrown and what we cannot yet name. Here, progress is slow, the map is outdated, and learning becomes the path. There comes a point when the familiar no longer fits. Not because it is unbearable, but because something in me has begun to outgrow it. […]
We live in a world that changes faster than our nervous systems can keep up with. This is a reflection on what it means to seek focus in a world defined by change. How do we relate to an increasingly frantic world whose one irrefutable law is change? How do we live in a […]
The calendar has turned, but something deeper is still aligning. This is a reflection on focus, energy, and the quiet choices that shape a year. Every year, as one year comes to a close, I sit down to reflect on what has been. And with the beginning of a new year, I write […]
A thought lands — and my body tightens before I can intervene. Something is already in motion, unfiltered, unrestrained, rushing ahead. Inside me: a flurry of raw energy. There is an on-switch. A palpable moment when my nervous system wakes up and charges forward like a wild child — screaming, yelling, jumping. Pure reaction. […]