Layaway Dreams: Life is Short (but you have plenty of time)
When seeking happiness, developing a life plan, laying out dreams–it’s easy to get mired in a conundrum. On the one hand, life is short (i.e. you could die). An illness, tragedy, act […]
Author Archives: Jean Brown
Once You’re a Parent, You’re Definitely an Adult
During my late 20s, I started to feel like I was straddling a divide between young adulthood and full adulthood. At 28, I didn’t feel I qualified as an adult, though the […]
The Millennial Generation… as Parents?
Having been born in 1983, I’m an older Millennial (or Generation Yer–the generation born roughly between 1980-2000), and I can claim the distinction of being among the first wave of […]
Clutter Overload: Time to Spring Clean!
My gmail inbox has 1,902 messages in it. I’ve read them and just either not deleted or not filed them. Every so often, I attempt to clean out the inbox, […]
Self-help: Please SEEK Safely!
I sometimes feel uneasy writing a blog on topics that brush up against that giant self-help genre — cultivating happiness, finding your passions, becoming successful in life — given that […]
the self-styled life 