One of the things people keep mentioning to me is the tip in the book about journaling (#059 if you're following along.) Journaling is one of those things we all kinda know we should do, and might do sometimes, but it's hard to find the time. 

Anyways, several people have mentioned that they got out their pens and did it, which is so rad! I think part of what helps is having a "way in," or a strategy for writing. Staring at a blank page can be kinda intimidating.

So here are some options I mention in the book:

• Write a progress report about existing goals
• Make a list of your biggest hopes / dreams 
• Record something funny that happened to you (this is basically what David Sedaris' journals are)
• And of course, gratitude lists (which are almost always how I start or end my own journal entires)

However you chose to do it, I think journaling can be a real gift to yourself: it's about reflection–a gift of attention to yourself. Happy journaling!

"People do better with the truth than without it. People underestimate themselves and spend unnecessary energy protecting themselves from truths that they fear will kill them, and actually will make them stronger and make them happier."

I have joined the ranks of people who are obsessed with the docu-series Couples Therapy, which follows real couples on their journey with a real therapist.

Like many others, I started out thinking I "got" one member of the couple more than another, but was so wrong. It's startlingly intimate and the lessons are broadly applicable. These couples are super unique, but they are also all of us.

COUPLES THERAPY TRAILER

(Warning: Don't confuse this show with a reality show of the same name that is scripted garbage. This is the Showtime show, of which there is only one season so far. Don't accidentally pay YouTube $17 for the other show like I did. #whoops)

🍏🍸I found this article to be a fascinating overview of cocktail culture from the last twenty years, and I'm not gonna lie, it left me wanting to drink a cosmo: Who Ordered the Appletini? The Origin Story of an Essential 90's Cocktail (Eater)

🔬This collection of images from the Nikon Small World contest is soooo cool. I actually think my favorite, despite it sounding weird, might be the dying leaf? Because it definitely looks like something else. (By the way, the abstract feathery image I included here is crystallized amino acids.) Photographing the Microscopic (Atlantic)

This week's free guided meditation video is a 10 Minute Body Scan Meditation. I love body scans and I hope you find it helpful.

A post I wrote for Red Tricycle: 3 Proven Stress Techniques That Take Less Than 60 Seconds (yes, really!) 

GenPink said something nice about my book: "This is more than a self-help book. It’s a book that’s going to get us through the end of the year..." I hope so! :)

You know how there are so many fake reviews out there? Fakespot is a free ML (machine learning) service where you can enter a product URL and it rates how "real" it thinks the reviews are. I love that.

StorySign is an app that uses AI (artificial intelligence) and AR (augmented reality) to translate kids' books into sign language. My niece Quinn uses ASL (American Sign Language) to communicate, and I can't wait to watch her use this.

That was too many acronyms, my bad.