Skye Moffitt

Every time you say “this is new for me” instead of “I’m bad at this,” you allow your brain space to learn instead of shut down.

That’s neuroplasticity in real time .

You must go. You must leave your state of potential behind. You must go somewhere over the rainbow. Dreaming about it from “Kansas” feels good, but the drug of potential isn’t good for you.

I LIKE LOS ANGELES. It is pretty and sad. It is sad because it is filled with people who were once told they had so much potential. And because the weather is pleasant, they stayed in that state of potential forever and one day woke up and they weren’t twenty anymore—nor thirty, nor forty, nor fifty. It is a city of people high on potential where... See more

A common anecdote used by manifestation junkies: that the brain is “unable” to detect memory from imagination.

Humans are a story-telling species. The stories we tell ourselves and each other guide how we live in and relate to the world. They are the social technology through which we make sense of the world and give meaning to our lived experiences. Like the mycelium that runs below our feet, stories are everywhere, threading and reshaping our reality,... See more