I don't always make decisions, but when I do, it's poorly thought out and on a whim. I'm sitting at a dining room table across from a grey rainy day up in Maine. I've always loved writing while it rains....

Virginia My sister and I began planning our road trip to Texas like we always do, on a whim. We have a cousin in Dallas, I work remotely, and my sister had spring break, so what better way to spend...

I haven’t had many jobs in my lifetime. I’ve been a soccer referee, a pottery studio assistant, a barista, and was hired for the briefest of brief stints as a sales rep (I don't want to talk about it). And...

Goals and I have a complicated relationship. On the one hand, I love to-do lists and agendas and sticky notes and writing things down so I can feel accomplished once I take a highlighter through them. But on the other...

I’ve kind of been dreading this moment, this last post of last year moment, and yes, I am aware that I missed the deadline by a little. BUT things got a bit crazy and true to the topic of this...

A critical error has occurred. I found myself staring at the white screen of death on my laptop. After weeks of designing this website, it decided to crash three days before my deadline. I spent the day scouring articles and...

Technically, I’ve been a barista once before, but now that I work in a specialty coffee shop, I have come to realize everything I thought I knew was wrong. Before this shop, I worked in another local coffee shop, and...

Hello dear friends, I’m writing to you live from Lynchburg’s living room, The White Hart café. I’m sitting here in a window seat with a full view of the shop as well as the bustling main street of downtown Lynchburg,...