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Don’t be a perfectionist: 5 steps to recovery

December 22, 2013

I just rewrote my book manuscript for the third time — and it was total agony. The final, two-day push was a marathon effort involving very little sleep, six slices […]

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Finally! I’m back to blogging

November 25, 2013

Many thanks to all of you who are reading this! As always, I am deeply grateful for your company on this blog. Thanks too, for your concerned emails, which inspired […]

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Why I’m unplugging for a whole month — yikes!

August 22, 2013

Time to tame my laptop and iPhone…I’ve decided to unplug for the next four weeks. What a scary thought: no Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or the constant checking of email. In […]

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Finding myself: 3 reasons why we can all learn to draw

August 6, 2013

I just took a drawing workshop that changed my life. Oh sure, I’ve sketched before. But sitting very, very quietly with pencil and paper was a new level of intimacy […]

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Art trend: Collage, from Picasso to Facebook, Twitter & more

July 2, 2013

I just saw an exhibition at the Katonah Museum of Art that explains how we’re each curators of our own lives on social media. But first, let’s make sure we’re […]

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I just quit my job in a bad economy. Yes, really.

May 6, 2013

After 16 months of full-time journalism, I am now officially unemployed. Never ever before have I quit a job without lining up a new gig. And so begins the next […]

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My video of the Eiffel Tower twinkling at night

March 18, 2013

I’m so excited to share this video from my 2012 vacation in Paris. This post is about sharing memories  — and my thrill in learning how to make videos of […]

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