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Listen: Do What You Crave Without the Guilt. Travel to Italy. Enroll in That...
My almost-mother-in-law gets really fucking nervous when I travel—especially when I bomb off to South America for a month by myself to drink ALL THE WINE and celebrate ALL THE BOOK DEALS. But she...
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WE ARE WASTING OUR BRAINS ON BULLSHIT (And Other Darling Sentiments)
You know those creeps who never drink any water and you’re all, “BUT YOUR CELLS! YOUR CELLS ARE SHRIVELING LIKE LITTLE CALIFORNIA RAISINS!” (Unless this is the kind of thing that only goes through my...
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Lost Yourself in the Pursuit of “Big and Fucking Impressive?” I GOT A BOOK...
For those of us who have found ourselves stuck in a cycle of hustling to prove that our life is good enough, over and over again. For those of us who have this nagging, crazy little itch on the inside...
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If Somebody Told Me to Pick a Husband at Age Twenty-Three, I’d Likely Be...
You know why we’re all unhappy and restless and jaded and depressed? LIFE IS BORING US TO TEARS. Boredom is the devil, but most people don’t realize they’re bored. They’re busy working. They’re busy...
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10 Reminders We All Need When We’re Ugly Crying Into Our Vodka and Hate Our Jobs
First of all, if you’re actually crying into your vodka, you must be drinking from an exceptionally wide glass. I commend you. Second, I made this list the other night when I was awake at three o’clock...
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Sometimes You Fall Into Things. You Fall Into People, Fall Into Places, Fall...
The other day I tweeted about how I watched The Notebook and so CLEARLY I was living my best life. And then I started thinking about how much I love that phrase, because it’s a good reminder, isn’t it?...
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The Secret to Success Has Nothing to Do With Happy Horseshit Like...
Things are really simple, once you agree to show up. Do 30 push-ups a day, get stronger. (Hello, Sweat App!) Write for 1,119 hours, get a book deal. (No, fucking really. See my current time report...
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Don’t Cower. Don’t Make Yourself Small. Be Your Absolute Fucking Self Every...
I need to talk to you about my obsession with pearls. More specifically, I need to talk to you about HOW EVERYBODY LOOKS AT ME LIKE I AM A GIANT WEIRDO when I wear fifty strands and then wrap ’em round...
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What to Do When Your Work TAKES OVER YOUR ENTIRE LIFE—and You Need to Get...
I have a little ritual called Eucalyptus Spearmint. I’ve got it in body lotion, and in spray, and in candle (obviously), and I’ll put my little feet up on the ottoman in the living room (okay, fine,...
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What Does It Mean to Take Care of Yourself, Right Now?
A question I ask myself often: What does it mean to take care of myself right now? It’s FREAKING TERRIFYING how much we do on autopilot. We order the second glass of wine. Stay to be polite. Agree to...
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Nine Freaking Months. That’s How Long It Takes to Make ONE Episode of The...
Nine months! Which, for the record, is the same amount of time it took me to learn how to operate a damn Keurig. (WHY IS IT SO TOUCHY?! THE CUP IS IN! THE CUP IS INNNNN, I TELL YOU!) So nine months to...
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Writing Books, Trusting The Fuck Out Of Yourself, And The Golden Penis of...
It’s Friday and I have so many things to tell you! First of all, have you ever read Caitlin Moran? Because if you haven’t, you need to. She’s funny as fuck. And she’s smart as fuck. And she’s British...
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A Wee Little Heart-to-Heart on The Fear of Being TOO. MUCH.
You know how I know when someone’s lying to themselves? *chomps peanut* The way they write. I can tell a lot about about a person by the way they write—myself included. I know there are people who are...
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HEY, FREELANCERS: Get Featured in My Forthcoming Book!
Yessssss, the delicious one being published by Penguin Random House, out there in the wild, coming to a bookstore near you! If you’re a freelancer anywhere in the world who’s hit the $50K, $75K or...
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How to Write the Perfect Cold-Call Email—Without Making Yourself Sound Like a...
Psycho is a good word, isn’t it? Ditto psychobitch, which I really gotta use more. (WE ALL KNOW SOMEBODY…) But when cold-emailing a potential client whose money you would love to have—ahem—we don’t...
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One Big, Sexy Question for Instant Clarification On: What the Hell Do I Want...
I was reading something on the Internet yesterday that was praising this woman’s work, and I thought to myself: there’s such a difference between doing work and having work. (And yes, I italicized...
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Know Who Your Haters Are
Tiffany’s doesn’t try to sell diamonds to a sixteen-year-old girl. Nor are they offended, nor worried, when teens aren’t flocking to their stores. Tiffany’s knows that sixteen-year-old girls most...
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Sometimes Wonderful Can Still Be Heavy
I love throwing sh*t out. Love, love, love, love, LOVE it. I throw out high heels and curtains, jewelry and fine china. (Okay so I don't actually throw it out. I donate it. But the point is, it's...
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How to Introduce Yourself at a Dinner Party Like a Cool-As-A-Cucumber BALLER
“So, what do you do?” These are the words WE ALL DREAD, FAM. Even professional communicators—cough cough—who work online and write inappropriate blog posts and whose job titles can't easily be...
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We Need You to Give Yourself the Job
Today I will drive twenty six miles on backroads, through crisp autumn air, past dairy farms and old Citgo stations, and up a giant hill to my alma mater, Blue Ridge High School, here in rural...
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