I realized money really does make my world go round and there’s no use denying it. — Why is it so shameful to be motivated by money? Why, when, in fact, our livelihoods really do revolve on making and living off money? I struggled with my relationship with money — and still do, honestly — for so long. A quick back story if you haven’t read anything…

Let me tell you, entrepreneurial life is not for everyone. — I used to think being an entrepreneur was what I wanted: Working for myself with no boss Scheduling the hours that worked best for me Taking time off whenever I wanted Working on exactly what I wanted to work on I kind of lived the entrepreneurial life unknowingly for a…

It’s probably the thing I like the least about myself. — When I was younger — my teens and early twenties — being a romantic was the height of my personality. I went to undergrad and grad school for music to become a famous opera singer and lived in Los Angeles, where I thought all my dreams would come true. I…

Yesterday was a mess and a half… — If you follow along, you might have seen that I wrote a self-wallowing piece yesterday: This Thanksgiving Morning Was Awful It’s Thanksgiving morning, and I’m sitting by myself at my IKEA kitchen island, eating two perfectly toasted Trader…medium.com I still stand by how I felt because yesterday’s Thanksgiving morning really was the worst. I woke up alone on the holiday, probably for the first time in my life (that sentence is very privileged)…

It’s Thanksgiving morning, and I’m sitting by myself at my IKEA kitchen island, eating two perfectly toasted Trader Joe’s crumpets with two perfectly fried eggs on top, drinking a cup of a maple autumn light roast with whole milk. I’m sobbing. It’s not the Thanksgiving morning I envisioned. This one…

It’s the hardest thing to let go of, but one of the most important in order to be in the present and experience what you’re actually experiencing. — My long-term partner and I were having our usual Sunday deep conversation and I came to such a significant realization: Having an expectation of an event will kill the actual experience. But how do we not have expectations? What are our expectations based on?

And this is before taxes… — Money is a touchy subject, I get it. I’ve had to do a lot of mindset work when it comes to how much I earn vs. my best friend — she makes more than double what I do… But, I’m certainly not miserable and this is, honestly, the most money…

At least, not for a while. And I’m 30. — I look at my friends who are pregnant or have their first kid already and I’m so elated for them. Occasionally, I get that gut-wrenching wave of love because of how adorable they are and the feeling a parent must have when they look at their child. That feeling isn’t…

A lot of things came to light for me and my partner My partner and I will have been together for five years in August. Half a decade… And to think, almost 2 of those 5 years were spent holed up in a 1,000 sqft. house with two cats. To…