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When you ask someone how they’re doing — and they actually take a second to reply with more than the perfunctory, “well” or “fine” — two responses are all too common: “I’m so busy” and “I just don’t have enough time.” The latter is usually followed up by a quick mention of the thing they’d…

Since high school, I’ve been a writer. I can even pinpoint the moment I started thinking of myself that way — I overheard a teacher compliment me while talking to another student. I realized she didn’t know I was listening, so she didn’t have to say it just to be nice, and suddenly, all my…

When you think of books you can devour in one flight, thrillers and other edge-of-your-seat pageturners immediately come to mind. Not necessarily research-driven nonfiction. But when I started reading Jonah Berger’s Contagious two years ago on a flight to Tennessee, I couldn’t put it down. Even when we reached our destination. It’s that compelling. The…

Have you ever wanted to tackle a major project, only to find yourself suddenly checking your favorite blogs, responding to half a dozen emails, even taking an old toothbrush to the dingy grout on your bathroom tile, because those things suddenly seem so urgent? You’re not alone. I’ve felt that way countless times, and often,…

I think the reason I got into journalism is just because I love hearing people’s stories. I love getting a look at other people’s perspectives: What motivates them, what moves them, what totally freaks them out. The bummer, to me, is the huge swaths of interviews that never make the final story. They’re interesting, but…

Publishing our first cookbook was nerve-wracking for me—not the cooking, recipe-testing or food-photographing, but the part that happened once the book was live on Amazon: Actually announcing it to the world and, you know, selling it. [Insert full-body shudder here.] I hated asking for the sale, and I’d get so uncomfortable pitching our book to…

One quote from Miki Agrawal’s book, ‘Do Cool Shit,’ has resonated with me for years later. It’s advice from Sophia Bush, and it can apply to anyone who feels stuck.

Remember those goals we created at the beginning of the year? You know, the ones we scrawled across that starry-skied printable, told our friends about and then promptly forgot about? Okay, maybe we didn’t promptly forget about them. But at some point or another, life gets in the way, and those photos you promised you’d…

At any given point in my day, there’s a nonstop to-do list running through my mind, almost like the headlines ticker at the bottom of a news broadcast: Return library book. Buy more peanut butter. Check if we need flour, too. Are the eggs about to expire? Come up with a dinner idea to use…

Using Elle Luna’s “should vs. must” test can be a great way to figure out whether you’re on the right path and chasing the best dream for your future. Here’s what that means and how to go about it.