Almost every morning — or evening, or somewhere in between — there’s a version of the same conversation. Maybe I skip the walk today and just have coffee. Maybe I work on the project tomorrow instead. Maybe we stay home tonight because it’s been a long week. Maybe the dishes can wait. Tomorrow will be … Read more
I had days off and a list. Real plans — things I actually wanted to do. I finally had the time. And I still couldn’t start. Why can’t I start when everything is lined up? That’s the question this long weekend answered for me. The list was there. I was there. And somehow the distance … Read more
I spent years accumulating a life, and then I spent years quietly letting pieces of it go — without ever calling it that. I started as a secretary. Moved through accounting, became a controller, and then — gradually, for reasons that made sense at the time — stepped back. Part-time. Assistant work. Full charge bookkeeping. … Read more
For most of my adult life, I thought having goals meant I had direction. I always had a list — career goals, health goals, financial goals, trips we kept saying we’d take someday. Some years I hit them. Some years I didn’t. Either way, January would arrive and I’d start over, because that’s what you’re … Read more
April is where people start pushing again. More movement. More plans. More energy. And with that comes the quiet pressure to do more than you actually need to. To catch up. To use the momentum. To not waste the season. This is where people burn out. Not because they’re doing nothing—but because they don’t know … Read more
There’s a specific kind of restlessness that only shows up when things are finally working. Not when life is hard. Not when something needs fixing. When things are actually stable — routines holding, work manageable, relationships okay, health steady — and you look up and feel this low-grade urge to disrupt all of it. You … Read more
Most people believe motivation creates action. In reality, motivation usually appears after action. Waiting for motivation is one of the most reliable ways to stall your life. For years, I assumed motivation was the missing ingredient. If I could just want things more —want better routines,want healthier habits,want a more interesting life —everything would eventually … Read more
This March reading list is built for a very specific moment in the year. March is a strange month. You’re not in winter survival mode anymore — but you’re not at full momentum either. The days get longer.Your body starts asking to move again.But pushing too hard too fast is usually what burns people out. … Read more
Want more than fine?There’s a particular kind of dissatisfaction that doesn’t announce itself loudly. Nothing is broken.Nothing is wrong enough to complain about.Life is… fine. And yet. You wake up, move through your day, check the boxes, eat dinner, go to bed — and somewhere underneath it all is a quiet awareness that this isn’t … Read more
Curiosity doesn’t retire. It doesn’t shrink with age or wait for permission. For Polly, it began in a dentist’s office at five years old, flipping through the pages of National Geographic — and it never stopped. What followed was a lifetime of teaching, listening, traveling, and saying yes to what felt just beyond reach – … Read more