All the Bright Ideas

And if there’s anything I want them to take with them into the world, it’s that they are capable of handling hard things — with a plan, not panic.

I’m Tired. I’m Energized. I’m Doing the Thing Anyway. Today almost took me out. I spent over two hours trying to add a pop-up to my website, and at one point I honestly thought, “Okay, cool, this is how it ends, death by Wix.” It’s noon. I haven’t eaten breakfast. I’m standing in my kitchen taking a bite of my two year old's mac n’ cheese that I served in a plastic container because the sink is full of dishes and I refuse to wash even one. Meanwhile, I’m clicking and dragging

You never really know when your “someday” idea will become your today. For years, I’d talked about creating a growth mindset workbook for kids. I had the ideas, the outlines, the plans — but they never quite came together. Then, this fall, something shifted. I finally sat down, got started, and even reached out to a local self-publishing company to help me bring it to life. I was doing it — after years of talking about it, I was actually in motion. But as I worked on the cont

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