inspiration

I just keep thinking of one word: “release.” Release. It came to me again during a run this past Sunday. Five miles in and I’m thinking of all the ways in which release moves us forward. From the big, big to the small, small. And how there…

When I was about 11, I started riding the city bus to gymnastics practice at the YMCA about eight miles away. We shared rides with another family a couple of days a week. But of course I wanted to go every day. So my mom handed me a bus schedule. I would…

I just keep hearing this everywhere, so I think I’m supposed to write about it. That is: how so many people I know have personal cultures that are gravely mismatched to their work culture. They’re about one thing, and the place where they spend…

This is a story about clarity of vision and the way it pulls you forward: I know that to be true. But the details of this particular story live only at the very tip of my memory, because it happened when I was just four. So I took the pieces I…

I’ve been running the same. 4.5-mile route since I moved to this neighborhood six years ago. On the slower days, it takes me 41 - 42 minutes. On the fast days when the conditions are just right, I can do it in 38 minutes. I’ve cracked 37 minutes a…