You Are a Badass

See yourself as the adult stepping in to take your place behind the wheel. Keep envisioning (or writing down) what it looks and ...

I suck at flirting. I never know what to say to men. I’m not attractive to men. Not the good ones anyway. I scare men away. I do ...

consciousness journal about the false rewards she’s getting. And by stream of consciousness I mean just let it flow, don’t edit ...

letting anyone get close to me. I feel free. I feel safe. I feel special because I get attention for breaking the rules. Again, ...

By saying there aren’t any good men out there I don’t have to take responsibility for why I’m not meeting any. Then becomes: The ...

I am powerful and in control of my life. I choose to love and be loved. I get to prove how lame men are by never being with a go ...

These stories are her new affirmations (remember those?) that she will not only write down and repeat and bombard herself with o ...

Feel into these false rewards, thank them for their help, and decide to let them go. Take each false reward and write a new, po ...

ultimately leads to sorrow and loss. Be willing to let go. Keep reinventing your story as you continue to grow. 4. GET A MOVE ON ...

collapsing into the familiar feeling of being depressed. Realize that you’ve gotten into habits with these things and switch the ...

Going out into the world and trying, yet still deep-down believing that you’re ruled by your past circumstances, is like forgivi ...

ROUTINE Talk to strangers, wear something different, go to a new grocery store, make dinner for someone who you want to get to k ...

6. SIDESTEP THE SPIRAL There’s also the ever-popular Spiral Into Darkness where you begin by being sad that your dog died then r ...

happens in your life, feel it, learn from it, let it go and get back to focusing on the life you’re excited to live. 7. LOVE YOU ...

CHAPTER 18: PROCRASTINATION, PERFECTION, AND A POLISH BEER GARDEN In order to kick ass you must first lift up your foot. —Jen Si ...

production coordinator for the Ethnic Folk Arts Festival, which was put on by a little nonprofit group in New York City. I heard ...

So I put together a résumé that listed such achievements as: produced plays in college (demanded my friends show up to watch my ...

horror. My God, what have I done? I’m a monster! These sweet, big-hearted, sandal-wearing people just handed me a coffee can ful ...

I got all twenty-seven of my unemployed friends to hand out fliers and take tickets in exchange for the aforementioned free saus ...

we say we’re unqualified for something, what we’re really saying is that we’re too scared to try it, not that we can’t do it. Mo ...