Elizabeth Wood

My hair is long enough to wear up again so I do, clip it back in a sad mess and watch as it all falls with the impact of ten steps.

I make a big tea and head to work halfway through the day, arrive late like I did when I only worked afternoons, still swallowing back nausea. My head foggy but the air clear and clean

3. Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright

I recommend this one for the journalers, introspective thinkers, and January dreamers among us!

A personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today’s world, written by one of the most admired public servants in American history, the first woman to serve as... See more

That kind of pain that nothing fills. The load just becomes a little lighter to carry each day. It’s like keeping a plastic ball in your pocket. You fill the pocket up with other things, keys, gum, but they need to find their space around the ball.

if you really really want that thing do 50 push ups and if you fail you don’t get it you have to save your money for example if you really want that MacBook you have to do the pacer test and get to level 50 and if u don’t no MacBook

Before I buy something, I ask myself these questions, because it is that serious!!

• If it’s clothing: Can I imagine 3 outfits with this piece? In a year, will I still like this? Can I recreate it myself?


• Non-essentials: Can I afford to buy this twice? Is this the kind of thing I would rather receive as a gift?


• Larger items: If I moved, would I want to

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I’m in a new era of my life where journalism has really taken center stage. This started with my first podcast, a true crime caper called Varnamtown , that reported on Pablo Escobar’s invasion of a small town in the 1980s - it’s being made into a tv show now!

There is this large gap between action and feeling, or at least that’s how it is for me. I tend to over-intellectualize my feelings rather than actually living them, so they tend to get stuck in my head and leave me frozen yet again. I think recognizing how these feel on our bodies, where they come from, and ultimately embodying them is essential... See more

Absolutions are essentially a formal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment . I like to think of them as a form of acceptance and surrender, one in which we face ourselves as we are, not as what we were or want to be. Through them, we let go of the all-or-nothing mindset that results from the limitations of our expectations—we ditch the... See more

Casey Rubber Stamps ( 322 E 11th St, New York, NY 10003 ) — The coolest shop for the stationary enthusiast. They have a whole catalog of rubber stamp designs to choose from and they’ll make you one on the spot. (One stamp takes 10 minutes.) It feels so old-New York in there. I love it. Apparently, they also work with custom designs. Imagine how... See more