by Emily Crookston | Feb 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
It might be surprising – it certainly surprises me – but a lot of experts and innovative thinkers are afraid of their own ideas. Now if you read the title of this blog article and immediately thought, “Pfft. I’m not afraid of my own ideas.” Great. I hope that’s true....
by Emily Crookston | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
Portrait of a cheerful woman holding board with text: do more of what makes you happy and winking on gray background One of the first newsletters of 2023 (or maybe it was one of the last newsletters of 2022) that I read was Mark Manson’s newsletter about choosing...
by Emily Crookston | Jan 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
I love all the end of year lists – from NPR’s Books We Love list to the top 100 songs of the year to the best podcasts of the year – they give me plenty of new places to go when I’m ready to take my brain out to play. Inspired by these yearly lists, I started a new...
by Emily Crookston | Dec 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
I was a late bloomer when it came to discovering my love of reading. Sure, I read books when I was a kid, but that was really only because I liked the praise I got from adults when I told them I read books. And I usually got even more praise for reading books that...
by Emily Crookston | Nov 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
One of the newsletters I look forward to reading every week is Austin Kleon’s weekly roundup. Every Friday he comes up with a list of 10 things worth sharing. And he’s a master curator, so I almost always click on at least one link in that email. I don’t know if I...
