You’re right—it shouldn’t be this hard

I thought I was lazy for a long time.⁣I was made to believe that was wrong. ⁣Idle brains are the devil’s workshop and all that.⁣⁣You should be active.⁣Productive.⁣Outgoing.⁣Grab life by the balls and make something of it.⁣And of yourself.⁣⁣But I always sensed there...

You can relax. Nothing falls apart.

“I’m afraid I’ll become too passive,” she said. ⁣⁣“I’m scared that if I rest and relax more, I won’t do the things that need to be done. That I’ll just sit on the couch and eat chips or something like that.”⁣⁣I could relate to what she told me. When I started my...

It’s all life, not me

It was a gorgeous, sunny autumn day, so we spent the afternoon on the boat with friends. It was so nice! But I have a million things to do right now. The doors to my brand-new program open on Monday, and there’s still a lot to do. A couple of years ago, one of...