Personal Growth
A Post About a Post: I Wanted to Be Like Peter Parker Too
Peter Parker life lessons? Spider-Man is one of the most popular superheroes. Almost everyone can see themselves as Peter Parker. I’m no…
Life After Japan: Starting Over in Seattle
Life after Japan is something I didn’t think about before I moved there almost a decade ago. It never occurred to me…
Creative Burnout and Rest & Starting Again
What started as a planned day of doing nothing became an unexpected reset from creative burnout. Giving myself permission to slow down…
Never Enough — A Victim of America’s Productivity Fetish
I don’t hold myself accountable every day. Maybe that’s a feeling that stems from toxic productivity: the feeling that whatever you accomplish…
There’s a Meta for Everything
Apparently even the most ordinary parts of life have skill trees. From hair care and budgeting to cooking, gaming and Japanese study,…
Invisible Work That Matters
Some of the most important work in life produces no applause: staying calm, following through, studying, exercising, maintaining your space, and showing…
Thought I’d Have My Life Together Now… It Isn’t
Life has been chaotic. Moving countries and shifting jobs in one quarter has left me feeling directionless in life. Since I’ve been…
The Guilty Pleasure of Inaction: When Rest Feels Like Failure
Taking My Foot Off the Gas Last week one of the only things on my mind was simple: “I’m exhausted.” Marco’s Brain…
Better Process Bad Results
When the Shots Don’t Fall It was my day off, and I have a bad habit of sleeping in till around noon…
Not Every Slip is a Terrible Fall
This morning, I woke up on instinct. Looking down at the clock, panic surged through me—I had overslept by an hour. But…