By day, I’m a mild-mannered professor of English. That’s been my full-time job for the last 17 years, though I’ve been teaching at universities since I was 22 years old. In more than 30…

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I went to the gym last week, for the first time in quite a while. I wasn’t feeling great about myself. My workout clothes were a little tight, thanks to holiday treats. I knew…

A woman I knew in high school sent me an email recently to tell me how much she enjoys reading this blog. “I wish I’d known you better in the old days!” she wrote.…

What’s the one thing you want to do? What does fear keep you from doing? I’ve been thinking a lot about fear in the last few weeks. I’ve been contemplating the question If you…

When I was in elementary school, one of my friends revealed that her mom paid her for earning good grades. I had always been an excellent student, so this sounded like a great idea…

Don’t you just love the start of a new year? A clean slate, a new calendar on the wall–honestly, there are few things that make me feel more hopeful than January 1st. For our…