Be Ground. Be Crumbled. (A New Year’s Resolution)

Of course the thing about beginning again — about starting over midway through is that you have to be willing to watch yourself die.

I learned that from writing this newsletter.

Next week, it will be three years since I launched The Cereal Aisle, and I think the most important thing I have learned in the time since is that rebirth is on the other sid... See more

Identify an area in your life where perfectionism holds you back. How could embracing intentional imperfection help you move forward while still being satisfied with your work? Reflect on a time when you learned from trial and error. How did this metacognitive process contribute to your growth, and how could you apply it more deliberately in the fu

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A few years ago, abandoning my old habit of creating a lengthy list of New Year’s resolutions, I started choosing a single “word of the year” to encapsulate my aspirations for the twelve months ahead. One year, I chose gentle, a reminder to go easy on myself and fight the pull of perfectionism. Another, I chose spacious and spent the year encouragi

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