What it looks like when people who can’t camp camp
As part of the Mac & Cheese I Can’t series where adults state they’re unable to do something, they try it with a bunch of other adults who also “can’t,” […]
10 simple steps to being a sexy vixen
You know when you exit something at the top of its game? Cause you don’t want to exit any less than top? And it’s right and perfect and you’re so […]
GUEST POST: Dreams DO come true
This is a Guest Post from a Life of Yes℠ (LOY) Sleepaway Camper who joined us in Somewhere Magical a year ago. I live for updates from Cheese-Its, especially those […]
GUEST POST: Finding home after feeling shitty, sad, brittle and off course from any sense of purpose for too long
I had spent years hiding out from who I really was and what I was really supposed to be doing with my life and I was just tired of feeling shitty and sad and brittle and off course from any sense of purpose.
What to do when you get rejected
An email I got recently — 10:27 AM, to bcc: Saya Salutations! [blah blah blah] We got some stellar submissions this year (including yours!), and while we would have loved […]
When you realize a thread that connects your entire life has frayed
I enjoy list making. Lists are double neat; neat like “Cool!” and neat like “Clean!” They’re easy to ingest. Their conciseness and lack of fluff fits our inability to consume […]
2018 Life of Yes℠ List o’ Gift Ideas
I love lists + making recommendations + making other people’s lives easier and richer + introducing people to newness. So of course this is one of my favorite posts of […]
“I’m looking for a new job. Can you help?”
The inquiry I get the most, from friends and strangers, is some form of: “I’m looking for a job. Wondering if you can offer some guidance?” Yes, yes I can. […]
A simple way to find some right when everything feels wrong
People often ask me for tips on keeping one’s head up and on plugging along — usually pertaining to the self-employed, entrepreneurial, do your own thing path — and for […]
Who wins the perk game? 9 to 5ers or self-employeds?
I love lists. I love being self-employed. I love hearing all the “Are you kidding me?!” perks of my 9 to 5 friends. Love in an “envious, why am I […]