current motivations

So when deciding on where to focus your efforts over the next year, prioritize your income. Prioritize taking action. Because it’s the one thing you can always control.

Sometimes your next

halting step

is more powerful

than the grandest vision.

​

All a leaf knows

about building a tree

is to turn towards the light.

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​ "How to Build a Tree" from my poetry book, The Wilderness That Bears Your Name​

Give me your hand, I’m going to say this gently.

You don’t have to know what you’re going to write before you start!!!!

Actually, not knowing is the whole point!

You won’t figure out what you need to write until you’re already! writing! it!

Writing is how you uncover the answers you’re desperately trying to figure out before you even begin. It’s sick... See more

At one point during the panel, I said the fact that I am a woman is — I think — the least interesting thing about me, and that I would love us to collectively reach a point where that was reflected in the external world

An approach where the goal is not an outcome with a distinct finish line. Instead, a goal could inform the process or system I’d need to commit to that would typically precede reaching my goal. So, instead of having the goal to save $10,000, I’d commit to saving 20 percent of every inflow... indefinitely. And when I did this, I tended to exceed... See more