Category: Fulfillment
These posts are designed to help you make each day more meaningful, be it through career advice, ways to find your passion, break out of a creative rut or find a hobby that inspires you.
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I Couldn’t Put ‘Yesteryear’ Down—Except for When I Wanted to Hurl It Across the Room
Caro Claire Burke’s ‘Yesteryear’ is dark, twisted and anger-inducing, but one of its core themes is relatable to all of us.
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The 4 Best Academic Planners & Mid-Year Agendas I’ve Ever Used
From Papier to Blue Sky, I’m sharing the best academic planners and mid-year planners/agendas that I’ve personally tested, along with photos of what they’re like inside. That way, you can find the best planner for your needs.
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About to Snap? 21 Mini Recharge Ideas to Give You Some Much-Needed “Me” Time
Lately, I’ve felt pulled in a million directions, ready to snap at a moment’s notice. Turns out, I need “me” time. Same? These 21 recharge ideas can help.
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My Formula for a Sunday Reset That Actually Feels Rewarding (& Kills the Sunday Scaries)
Creating a Sunday Reset list doesn’t mean tackling specific chores; it’s finding the right combination of chores, self-care & planning. Here’s what I mean.
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If Gratitude Journals Haven’t Worked for You, Try the ‘Advance Praise’ Method
I’ve tried all kinds of gratitude journals over the years, but these are the top two styles and the Advance Praise method that have worked for me.
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COVID, 6 Years Later: The Time I Tried to Run Away from My Life
At first, I tried to ignore it. Or downplay it. Everybody was buzzing with concerns about the coronavirus—which really ran the gamut, including a colleague whose parents urged everyone to buy lobster, because somehow it was going to be cheaper than ground beef? It was early March 2020. I had plans to visit my family…
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Elizabeth McCracken’s ‘The Long Game’ Makes a Compelling Case for a ‘Minorly Fulfilling Career’
Elizabeth McCracken’s ‘The Long Game’ features hundreds of great notes on fiction writing (280, to be exact), but one—on finding “minorly fulfilling” work to support you—really stood out to me.
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My Life Was My Career, So I Rebuilt it Around People—And Hobbies
Committing to hobbies and showing up for others, no matter how awkward, helped me defeat the Sunday Scaries and develop an identity outside of my ambition.
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LH Agenda, Reviewed: Is This the World’s Chicest Planner?
The LH Agenda is the prettiest planner we’ve come across (seriously, we’ve never gotten so many compliments). But it’s truly HELPFUL too. Here’s what makes the undated planner stand out.
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Let’s Plan Your 2026 Goals with 3 Easy Questions
Need help with your 2026 goals planning? Searching for ideas and inspo to truly conquer the year ahead. Start with these three questions.
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There’s Comfort in Shouting into the Void (AKA Why I Haven’t Gotten on Substack)
Dissecting my strange desire to be seen and anonymous at the same time. Have you ever felt this way too?
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Joanna Gaines & the Inevitable Awkwardness of Building Community
Why is it so hard to build community? I’ll explore what holds us back, as well as Joanna Gaines’s ideas from ‘Magnolia Journal.’
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