The Story Economy Blog
In 2016, I made it a goal to do more fun things for myself, unrelated to work or responsibility. That’s when I started going back to gymnastics, and reclaimed the joy of doing cartwheels on the beam and back flips on the floor. I wrote about it for…Read More
A year is a solid chunk of time for learning new things. This is what I know after 2017 . . . 1. If your niece, who is like a little sister to you, asks you to officiate at her wedding, always say yes. And then be honest and heartfelt in what you say…Read More
I’m normally not a scaredy-cat, but a few Saturday nights ago, I found myself terrified. I was staying alone in a big, dark house full of creaky noises. When a storm came up around midnight and started spanking the trees around outside my window, I…Read More
The other day, I got an invitation in the mail addressed to “Mr. and Mrs. [my husband’s full name],” and I had a full-on rant. My husband was walking into the kitchen as I started yelling. “This isn’t even my last name! Even if I had changed my…Read More
“Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.” -- Billy Joel I’ve been researching honesty for the past several months. In fact, my essay about keeping an honesty…Read More