by jo | Aug 5, 2014 | Everyday Stories
In 2 days, I will turn 25. Kind of a big birthday in my eyes. On my last birthday, I wrote a column about the discipline of celebrating what is good, even if life is hard. It was a good piece that I still think I should abide by. The thing is, I wrote about how life...
by jo | Jul 22, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Myths & Cliches
Recently I was with a group of people and we were talking about what was going on in our lives and the topic turned to one of the girls there who is leaving her job soon. “I know it may be bad,” she relayed, “but I’m really giving it my all...
by jo | Jul 8, 2014 | Everyday Stories
A few weeks ago I wrote my own eulogy. It’s a writing exercise I’d heard of many times, but one I had never done. But, I’ve thought about my own death since I was a young kid. As someone who always assumed I’d die young (a belief I’m just...
by jo | May 20, 2014 | Everyday Stories
With the fires blazing in Southern California, I’ve been thinking about this question again: If the house were on fire, what would I grab? When I was younger and living at my parents house, the answer was the boxes of photos. But now that I live on my own, I...
by jo | May 7, 2014 | Everyday Stories, fitness and health
Ask for what you need. That was a mantra repeated again and again at Onsite when I was there a year ago this week. Onsite is an intensive therapy workshop in Tennessee, and it was the setting for the most significant week of my life to date. I heard about it first...