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How To Visit the Chicago Field Museum (and What to Do There)
"Blessed are those who see beautiful things in humble places where others see nothing."
Read MoreI Am About To Write 100 How-To Essays
I need to give myself some advice, and hence, a project.
Read MoreHow To Substitute Eggs
How to veganize your baked endeavors, and all the reasons why I do.
Read MoreThe Thing I've Been Too Afraid To Do
Trying times can send me into an emotional coma. I fear being selfish. Or I don't fear being selfish; I fear getting caught.
Read MoreThe Curse of Unstructured Time
There is a personal hell that comes with time to oneself.
Read MoreA Letter From Self to Self
"I have a few things I need to apologize for."
Read MoreEverything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Amtrak Roomette And More
It was my first time in a roomette, and it was illuminating.
Read MoreA Brief Guide to Weeding for Those Who Are Chronically Indoors
There's nothing like killing a plant when you're feeling a little down.
Read MoreIntroverts & Cats
Notes on Paul Simon
Notes on Mr. Simon's concert: a list.
Read MoreStart Over Over and Over
In the toughest time, going back to being a beginner can feel like a failure. Really, it's one of the greatest strengths man is capable of.
Read MoreDon't Choose Happiness
The idea that happiness is something you should choose is damaging in a lot of ways. Luckily, there's an alternative.
Read MoreWhat Now?
Summer is upon us, and you might deserve some rest. Take it where you can get it; but then get up and get back to work. This world needs you, and you need it right back.
Read MoreLast Days
Live every last day like it is a day.
Read MoreHere Is What I Learned When I Drew All The Birds In North America
I decided to draw every single bird in North America as my final graduate school project, and it taught me more than I thought possible.
Read MoreSavoring
This is one of the busiest times of the years. Here's a suggestion on how to manage it.
Read MoreLike Me Like Me Like Me
Everyone wants to be liked. There is nothing unique about that, or really wrong with it, either. But I’m beginning to realize that when I come home from a short party more exhausted than I feel after a long run, it’s because I am spending a lot of my energy performing.
Read MoreEveryone You Love In A Pile
It can be alarmingly easy to forget how important it is to find a family.
Read MoreHow To Enough
Some thoughts on what to do with that feeling that you need something more, something else; that something is going to satisfy an itch or a need or a hunger; but nothing ever does. It’s the thinking associated with, “I can’t stop doing this”; or, “Just one more, I swear.”
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