I Broke Every Morning Pages Rule and Finally Found Clarity
I tried morning pages as a burned-out overachiever who had already tried everything else. They didn't fix me but they made it impossible to keep lying to myself. Here's my honest review, including the three things I changed that made them actually work.
How to Live Your Dream Life Now: The Enough Audit
Miss Rumphius scattered her seeds in an ordinary life. Not someday. Not once everything was perfect. Right where she was. Here's how to do the same
I Was Living My Dream Life and Still Burned Out: What Miss Rumphius Taught Me About What Was Actually Missing (Part 1)
Miss Rumphius had three dreams. I'd spent years chasing the first two — the travel, the coast. A someday life. It took burnout, a layoff, and rereading a childhood picture book to realize the third.
I’m Entering 2026 Without a Plan and Learning to Trust Myself Instead
January is loud. Everyone seems to have a plan, a vision, a glow-up timeline. Meanwhile, I’m sitting with a cup of tea, watching the trees rest, wondering why we expect ourselves to bloom on command.
This is a reflection from the space between endings and beginnings — about pressure, self-trust, and what it means to build a life without forcing clarity before it arrives.
The Library Card Theory: Why I’m Done Treating My Life Like I’m Borrowing It
Are you living the life you want right now, or waiting for someday? The Library Card Theory explores why we treat our lives like borrowed time—and how to stop. Practical steps to use the good china, take the trip, and leave your mark on the life you're living today.
The Perfectionism Trap: Why 'Good Enough' Changed My Life
Perfectionism doesn't make you better—it just keeps you stuck. Here's how the 80% rule helped me overcome my creative block and start creating after 10 years of waiting to be "ready."
When Loss Became Language
A reflective essay on how loss became a language of its own — from losing a phone in a Scottish bog to losing jobs and identities years later. A story of creative recovery, writing as an anchor, and learning to live through the in-between.
The Loser Myth: On Living at Home and Choosing a Different Kind of Freedom
By society’s standards, I’m a loser — unemployed, living at home, writing from the same bedroom I grew up in. For a long time, I carried the weight of that label like proof I’d fallen behind. But the truth? Living at home became the foundation for everything beautiful, brave, and free about my life. This Tiny Rebellion is about redefining what “making it” really means — and learning that sometimes, coming home is the most radical move of all.