choice

Five Things I’m Saying NO to So That I Can Say YES to What I Want

Lately, after a year and a half of dormancy, opportunities have started coming my way—things that elicit, as my friend Melissa would say,...

While I Eat

It is entirely possible (if inadvisable) for me to eat a meal while careening down the freeway at 65 miles per hour and simultaneously...

Is NO a Four-Letter Word?

Part 2: Without No, there can be no Yes.

Is NO a Four-Letter Word? Part 1: Ado Annie

I thanked the word NO, for giving me this much-needed solitude.

Weekend Warrior

“I’m so mad at my body!” my student reported to me on Monday morning. I imagine many of us have felt this way.