Ready for a blast from the past?
Everything eventually comes back into style. Yes, even butt cuts. Don’t believe me? Look at K-Pop superstars. Guess I trended early.
Life
Failure To Try Is Holding You Back
The only way we grow and learn is by trying. Further, who are we to assume someone won’t like our stories or ideas?
Are You Balancing Work And Life?
Being busy is tantamount to being successful in our culture. The expectation of 24/7 accessibility is considered normal. News flash: it’s not. Success is defined by so much more than just a full calendar. In fact, many people with jam-packed schedules are often not in control of their own determination of success. I am my…
The Cure For Procrastination
Procrastination is common among perfectionists, but it doesn’t have to define us. Instead, there’s a simple way to focus on finishing.
Eat Your Words: Eternal Return
I just finished reading The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold. Billed as “Station Eleven meets The 5th Wave,” this brilliant post-apocalyptic book raises the philosophical concept of “eternal return.” Put quite simply, everything has happened before, and everything will happen again. There are a lot of variations on this theme throughout academic and literary work….
We Go Together…
Today is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day. Did you know that was a thing that existed? Neither did I. Yet, here we are! According to National Today, the peanut butter and jelly sandwich was created by Julia Davis Chandler in 1901. Her recipe was printed just 18 years after peanut butter was unveiled to…
The Secret To Freelance Success
Today marks the end of Q1, my first quarter as a full-time freelance writer. Throughout the last three months, I’ve learned and grown a lot. There is neverending advice to follow in Zuckerberg’s (or Musk’s or Jobs’ or insert_any_successfull_creator_here’s) footsteps. However, I’ve discovered that no person is successful solely due to their own ideas and…
How To Make Social Media Great Again
Social media is filled with fake users and bots, but if you have 30 minutes you can make social media great again. Here’s how.
How Do You Measure A Year?
Seasons of Love, the opening song to Broadway’s Rent, is one of the most popular musical numbers of all time. The show follows a group of friends living through the AIDS pandemic in the late 80’s New York City. The opening song, reprised multiple times throughout the show, proclaims the ups and downs of a…
Want to Be Successful? Move Beyond the Reef.
Use Maui’s advice to find success: Move beyond the reef. Visualize your destination. Know where you are by knowing where you’ve been.
Looking Back At The Year That Was
Seventeen days in 2020, my wife and I were in a car accident. So, you can say this year was a dumpster fire from the get-go. While the incident did land me in the hospital, the year wasn’t a total waste. I mean, I did unexpectedly appear in the Pete Souza documentary, The Way I…
Write Now with Florence Kraut
Who are you? I’m a native New Yorker, raised and educated in New York City and living currently in Westchester County. I have a BA in English and an MSW in social work and for my professional career I worked as a clinician, a family therapist and finally CEO of a family service agency before retiring…