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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You Don’t Have to Feel Guilty for Being Happy Right Now
The coronavirus has upended our lives, and with so many people struggling—with COVID itself, and/or job losses, mounting debt, loneliness, and so on—it’s easy to feel in a constant state of worry. (In fact, in some ways, we’re living in an age of “Everyday Scaries,” as opposed to the Sunday Scaries, where people feel a…
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How to Take Back the Weekend When Every Day Feels the Same
Three months ago, most people’s water cooler talk on Fridays involved the same question: “What are you up to this weekend?” The question itself hasn’t changed, but now, Zoom, Slack and Google Hangouts have replaced the office water cooler (though, for the record, when was the last time you and your coworkers actually gathered around…
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What Makes a Great Storyteller, According to Brené Brown
Leave it to Brené Brown to turn research on vulnerability into a must-watch video. Her TEDxTalk on the topic is one of the idea-sharing platform’s most viewed of all time, and over the years, she’s written several data-based New York Times bestsellers. What could be a totally dry topic is thrilling by her pen, so…
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6 Resources for Kids (and Parents) Who Are Social Distancing at Home
This isn’t a mommy blog. I’ve never taught homeschool. But, right now, I’m muddling through figuring out how to teach and entertain while working, and I know I’m not the only one. As we hunker down to try to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, many companies—and fellow parents—have shared free resources to help kids from…
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Is ‘Cancel Culture’ Giving Us an Excuse to…Escape Our Own Shame?
While reading the New Yorker this morning (yup, I do read things beyond what’s coming in the next FabFitFun box and the ingredients in Popeyes cajun sauce sometimes), I came across an interesting quote: “We’re in the midst of this cancel culture: ‘This person is gay, this person didn’t fight in the military, this person…
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Review: How to Get the Most Out of Rachel Hollis’s Priority Planner
Update (September 28, 2020): Target has just released the Q3 edition of Rachel Hollis’s Priority Planner and Start Today Journals, featuring designs inspired by Austin, TX (the previous editions featured LA and Mexico City). The jackets are all new, but the content remains the same, so my review stands. If you’re curious about her Start…
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Starting A ‘Present Over Perfect’ Revolution
Maybe you can relate to my struggle right now: Lately, it seems like words wash over me more than I absorb them. My mind feels fractured; even when I think I’m fully present, I find that any lull makes me want to reach for my phone, check that notification, or think up how I’ll respond…
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The Best Time of Day to Make a Major Decision
Often, whenever I have to make a huge decision, I put it off. I want to give myself as much time as possible to weigh the pros and cons, visualizing every outcome. And, to be very honest, the more complicated the decision is (Should I accept a new job? How should I handle this difficult…
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Why Criticism Leaches Off Us So Much Longer Than We’d Like
You’ve heard that it takes 6 compliments to offset a single piece of criticism, and any time you screw up, you can’t help but play that tape—or that awful thing someone said—over and over again. Why is that, exactly? Blame the Negativity Effect. Also known as the Negativity Bias, it’s the research-backed theory that negative…
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Outtakes: Leanne Ford on Being the Boss Vs. “Bossy”
Hey guys! I’m starting a recurring column called “Outtakes,” where I highlight a snippet from an interview I’ve given that’s really resonated with me. All too often, there are awesome anecdotes an expert or celeb says that just don’t fit the story I’m working on. Rather than be the only one who hears those words,…
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The Research-Backed Reason Why You Need to Take a Break
C’mon, you’ve been looking for an excuse to unwind. But there’s that to-do list that needs to be tackled—and every time you cross something off, three more things appear. You need to be productive. Well, if recent research is any indication, the most productive thing you can do for yourself is work in a little…
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Selma Blair: Finding Strength Amid Sickness
In early 2011, I found myself scanning WebMD and every questionable blog that turned up in my search results as I frantically Googled my symptoms. My left foot had gotten a reddish-purple spot, and it was spreading. It looked like a bad sun burn, bordering on a bruise, depending on the day, and while a…
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