My client has set aside savings from his side business so that he can finally clear his schedule and finish that screenplay he started last year; he has two beautiful, free months just to write.
This past year, I led an after-school class on argument and critical reasoning with a group of gifted eighth-graders in Compton.
Embarrassing confession: I am addicted to inspirational teacher movies.
I am generally skeptical of scientific studies that measure qualities once regarded as ineffable, like happiness, but I was actually very excited to see the other day that recent studies have proved what writers have long known in that most unscientific part of ourselves, our kishkas: Writing every day is good for you.
In my family, the Academy Awards are an annual event celebrated with the kind of specific rituals more often associated with major cultural events.
I first became acquainted with the Enneagram 16 years ago, in the midst of an existential crisis brought on by the sudden death of a family member.
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