One of the most jolting days of adulthood comes the first time you run out of toilet paper. Toilet paper, up until this point, always just existed. And now it’s a finite resource, constantly in danger of extinction, that must be carefully tracked and monitored, like pandas?

You’re a grown up, and you get to decide what behaviors affect you for five minutes versus what behaviors change you as a person.

Meaning to send a thank-you note but then not doing it is exactly the same as never thinking to send one – that person is still receiving zero thank you notes.

Intentions are nice, but ultimately intentions don’t really matter because they only exist inside you.

Fear is not a citronella candle; scary life happenings are not mosquitoes. They happen in ways we can't predict, control, or understand. The only guaranteed outcome of feeling scared all the time is that you will feel scared all the time.

Meaning to send a thank-you note but then not doing it is exactly the same as never thinking to send one -- that person is still receiving zero thank you notes.

Intentions are nice, but ultimately intentions don't really matter because they only exist inside you.

People aren't good at processing important things when they're naked

What people describe as "authenticity" is an excuse to treat others poorly at least 70 percent of the time

You're a grown-up, and you get to decide what behaviors affect you for five minutes versus what behaviors change you as a person.