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I didn’t know yet that all the good things—like faith, love, trust—don’t happen overnight. You can’t pick them up from the drive-thru or snag them in an instant download. It’s easier to run after the next thing the world tells you matters. It’s easier to never do the hard work of planting your roots or letting people in as you grab your suitcase and run hard toward “the next thing.”
The Better Guide // April Edition.
First comes the wedding. Then comes the marriage.
A reader emailed me about her wedding coming up in 2 months. She wanted some advice on what to focus on in these coming days. I'm not an expert advice giver but I am an advocate for planning for marriage as you're planning a wedding.
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Want to write more this year? Let's roll!
I created this course in 2015 after I realized there was a large pocket of people who wanted to write more. More books. More blog posts. More copy. Even more journal writing. I have LOVED teaching so many creatives, bosses, students, and lovers of the written word how to finally sit down and just do the dang thing. I would love for you to join the community of over 700+ who've taken my writing courses.
The Better Guide // March Edition.
Mapping my weeks: my current favorite productivity hack.
One system I've been implementing every Sunday is taking an hour or so to map my week out and make a massive to-do list. This happens before I do anything else.
Honesty Hour: Celebrate good times... come on?
I want to be a party person. This is what I've recently decided.
Slow to know your role: a note on comparison.
I've learned that comparing yourself to other people just sucks the joy out of your own path. To live in constant comparison mode is to live imprisoned to a false target. It has nothing to do with those other people. Your aim was never to arrive at someone else's destination so why bother focusing on it?
The Better Guide // February Edition.
Digging for gold in the valley.
I am learning to rejoice in low-to-the-ground terrain because so much growth waits for me there. I need only lean into it. The valley does not mean you're on lockdown, it means your growth is precious to God.
Kicking fear off the platform.
I'm learning it is one thing to know your weakness and another thing to project your weakness out of fear that you don't add up. At the end of each day, I am not my anxiety. I am not my depression. I don't need to walk out onto a stage and let everyone know I am nervous. Anxiety is something I face but it's on me if I use it as a crutch or I choose to limit what God is already doing when I give it undue credit.
A goodbye letter to Jack Pearson.
I honestly don’t know what we’ll do without you, Jack. But I promise to face my junk. I promise to face it and make you proud, Jack. I promise to always buy batteries. When Sunday comes, I’ll be there and I’ll be wearing my Steelers jersey just for you.
The Better Guide // January Edition
I will walk with you through the woods.
I get emails all the time from people asking me to write about how, just how, to walk with someone through the woods. Through the pain of depression. Through a dark valley of an unseen illness that steals sleep and daily ambition.