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Category: The Examined Life

Readers, I’m just back from a quick trip to Memphis (for the second time ever) and Oxford, Mississippi (for the

We have a Modern Mrs Darcy tradition right around the corner and I am ready for it. I’ve always had

I recently had the pleasure of re-reading Eleanor Roosevelt’s memoir-of-sorts You Learn By Living. She wrote it in 1960, when

I’m on book tour for I’d Rather Be Reading right now, an experience which is renowned by authors as being tons of

This year I’ve been going to work out at six o’clock in the morning, a time I simultaneously love and

Earlier this summer, my family joined the local rock climbing gym. Two of my kids were especially interested, and it’s

Inspired by my recent What Should I Read Next? episode with Enneagram expert Ian Morgan Cron, today I’m combining two

This morning my alarm went off in what felt like the actual middle of the night. It wasn’t; it was

This year I’ve been working on organizing my spaces, and so I’ve spent a contained but real amount of time

Because it’s my birthday, and I couldn’t think of better words to begin the year ahead. I know this is a

Buckle Up!