Psychologists say that people with high anxiety levels benefit from a daily calendar and morning routines. So, for years, I’ve tried to wake up early and make sure that I schedule all types of stuff on my calendar: sleep, breakfast, writing, email, running, pilates, mindfulness, cross-training, water breaks, afternoon snacks, micro-naps, and even accountability meetings…
Some of my friends are new to Orangetheory. I’ve been a few dozen times, and as far as franchise fitness goes, I like it more than Flywheel and CrossFit but less than SoulCycle. There is nothing better than SoulCycle. Orangetheory’s secret sauce is that everything is orange. The walls are orange. The lights are orange.…
I read an essay by a woman named Nisha Chittal called, “Why I Never Tell Anyone My Age.” It’s not a super-complicated piece of writing, but it’s also not very good. Throughout the essay, the reader is told that society doesn’t know what to do with a woman’s age. When you share your age, people…
I would love to tell you that you can recession-proof your career, but in the coming age of automation, it doesn’t look great. The best thing you can do is fight for basic income and pray for mercy from our Chinese AI overlords. You don’t believe me? You want a specific way to recession-proof your…
I’ve been trying to change my media consumption habits in the month of February so that I’m feeding my brain with the words and stories of intelligent and successful women instead of slow-witted men who think they’re funnier and smarter than they truly are. There’s nothing like a man repeating political talking points and jokes…
I was listening to a podcast last week and heard a commercial for mushroom coffee. That’s right. You read that correctly. Mushroom. Coffee. Apparently, regular coffee isn’t good enough. Mushroom coffee will make you smarter, thinner, and more productive. And, if you consume enough of it, mushroom coffee will make your dick bigger. YOUR DICK.…
Welcome to National African American History Month, formerly known as Black History Month, and something I’ve never written about in my lifetime. I’m not sure why. As a progressive woman, I believe that African American history matters. Not just the part about Martin Luther King Jr., either, but the times when the black narrative showed…
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