thought·shelf

Because I want to have done it. Is that reason enough? Are there better reasons? As I'm conveyed farther from the structured rhythms of...

written in late July: I brought the concept of anger to my former therapist (former, due to very angering circumstances), approaching it...

I heard a podcast episode about a woman named Meighan dating in the Present. She sounded very pleased with herself, which I don't mean...

To the list of words I’d like to describe me, I’d like to nominate an additional representative: intentional.

Something happened. And I got sad. I also felt hurt, or marginalized, or scared, or angry, or dejected. Not offended, but upset - you...

even if you promise to listen, if you promise to sympathize, can I trust you'll hear? I'm recognizing a deep desire of mine to be known,...

I just learned recently about types of community, two types that I choose to term "consumer community" and "creator community." ...

Several months ago, my dad showed me a podcast episode by Woman Being that asked "Can Christians be gay?" and related questions of...

I was just at a party where two people in their twenties (albeit early twenties) were wearing bucket hats, and it struck me - are trends...

I didn't realize how difficult it is for me to give up control. How do I like creating and administering instructional content and...

"[Fours] are always scouting around for the ideal someone who will help them overcome their feeling of unworthiness and complete...

I remember sitting at an Irish pub along the Chicago River early last fall, sipping a canned cider with my then-roommate Jessica. She...

We love camping because we love the things we associate with it. Like s’mores. But then we commodify s'mores so that we can have them...

Personality tests and I don't get along well. We never have. And yet I'm drawn to them like a shopaholic to an Everything Must Go sign, a...

There are a few words that I seek to describe me holistically: Excellent, Uplifting, Needed, and Buoyant. On being excellent, I want to...

Am I a narcissist? that's a question I ask myself all the time. i love that this doesn't forcibly autocorrect capitalization. i'm a bit...

Accelerating through a curve in the road. Vacuum marks and wiped countertops. A thick coat of paint. Blooming coffee grounds and...