Writing Off the Grid

It is not just a trite adage. When embraced as a powerful guiding principle, it can transform your life: do what you love.

Stay Real

‘Do what you love’ doesn’t mean that one day you wake up and quit your job and everything that is wrong in your life. I know. I did that. And I paid the price that came along with doing that. It looks good in the movies, where everything turns out perfect. But in the real world, it’s not so easy. Still, a happy life does involve following our heart’s desire. Running away from that is what leads to misery.

I spent a good chunk of my adult life running away from what I love and from who I am. All because I was too worried about what everybody thought but me. So, I did what I was ‘supposed’ to do. I went to university, earned a degree, and then found a job. A happy life. Right? [Read more…] about Do What You Love

What I love about life is that it’s not linear. There are mountains to climb and valleys to wade through. There are times of progression, when life is smooth and calm and just right. But there are, also, periods of regression, when I stand on the precipice of defeat. Not sure how—or if—I can soldier on. These phases are reminders that life is a journey. And through all the detours and ‘disruptions,’ we must hold steadfast to our dreams. [Read more…] about Hold Steadfast to Dreams

Every day that we wake up to a new day is an invitation to keep going. If you are, like me, writing a novel, putting in time at the page—no matter how many or little words you get down—is progress. When you show up at the studio to keep working on that series of paintings, that’s progress. Working on the content for your next course offering, that’s progress too. [Read more…] about Keep Going

It is easy to want to go from A to Z, from idea to conception, from unknown to superstar. But becoming an ‘overnight success,’ as we know, takes time—sometimes years, and in some cases decades, of work. Showing up day after day, and when you are constantly asking yourself, “What’s the point?” to do what the work requires. And I have learned that bringing any project to life takes you down a winding path. It is never straight or easy, never exactly what you expect. [Read more…] about The Winding Path

I had set out back in April on a change journey because I wasn’t ‘happy’ with where I was in life. My writing—on my blog and social media posts—reflected that. That unhappiness bubbled over as I lapped up as much self-help literature as I could read, because I thought—erroneously—that there was something wrong with me. Everything I read made me believe, again incorrectly, that I wasn’t hustling enough, wasn’t committed enough, wasn’t worthy enough. Until I realized it was time to break the cycle. [Read more…] about Break the Cycle