After I graduated from college, I moved back to Minnesota, and have lived there since. Something that has surprised me about this return is

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I recently watched a standup comedian make a joke about feeling depressed. His friend told him to cheer up because "it's always darkest...

When I was in college, I had a work study at the business school's computer lab. I worked all the time, including Saturday mornings. On...

I love this time of year. There's a reason Lucy Maud Montgomery's line from Anne of Green Gables is so famous: "I'm so glad I live in a...

When I was a kid, documentaries were the singular most boring thing on TV. If anyone tried to watch anything remotely resembling a...

Why does it take being sick of our own bullshit to make changes? Recently, I hit a point where I was tired of feeling envious of my...

I don’t know about any of you, but this year has brought a lot of heaviness, loss, and struggle for me and my loved ones. I’ve been...

“There comes a day each September when you wake up and know the summer is over and fall has arrived. The slant of the sun looks different...

A few weeks ago, I came home from a cabin weekend feeling very connected with the natural world and with a sense of stillness. Arriving...

When you find yourself discontented with the moment, with yourself or your life or your lack of productivity or absence of motivation,...

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You do not need to light candles and hold crystals and write journals under the moon and burn incense and read tarot cards and meditate...

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