Failing and your twenties go together like Chip and Joanna Gaines. They seem to always be together. If your 20s haven't exactly gone as planned, you're not alone. Actually, you're more in the norm than you think. Nobodies life is as good as it looks on Instagram. As I write about in my new [...]
READ MOREAre there dark days ahead?
This question came out of a not-so-ordinary college graduation speech by a not-so-ordinary speaker. First, the graduation speech was only four minutes long! A miracle in itself. Second, and most importantly, the speaker that day wasn’t just addressing the graduating class at Harrow School, but [...]
READ MORE15 Best Ways to Wreck Your Twenties (and beyond!)
Want to wreck your twenties and way beyond? Here are the 15 best ways to do it. 1. Let fear win. Always. Follow it wherever it stops you. Never do anything you're scared of. If it's a reach, if there's a chance it might not work, why do it? You might fail. Better to never know and always wonder, [...]
READ MOREYour dream is not dead
Does your dream feel on life support right now? Do you feel like everyone is seemingly living their dream through every picture they post on Instagram? Yet here you are, watching your dream search for loose change in the couch so it can buy a one-way bus ticket as far away from you as [...]
READ MOREA Prayer for Every Twentysomething
I pray that you will know that you’re enough even when it feels like you're not accomplishing enough. I pray that staring at the blank white walls in front of you won’t overwhelm you, but will give you the excitement to pick up a brush and paint. I pray that you will listen to that small, [...]
READ MORE7 Best Ways to Support Your Grown-Up Child
How do you "be there" for your grown-up child without being "too there" for your grown-up child? Parenting a grown-up child is complex. It takes a different kind of parenting mindset to reach a grown-up child that is more nuanced and possibly a different dynamic than what you're even used to. [...]
READ MOREA quick, very cute video from my family
"Let's film all the kids talking about your new book." "You realize one of our kids can't even talk, right?" "Yeah! It will be perfect!" That was the gist of my conversation with my wife one afternoon. And thankfully, I stood out of the way and let my wife run with this great video from my [...]
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