goals

  • Schedule A Personal Inventory Day Each Month

    Schedule A Personal Inventory Day Each Month

    Just as important as setting New Year’s resolutions is figuring out how we reach them, and not getting so bogged down in work that we forget to take care of ourselves. On the podcast Call Your Girlfriend, hosted by the journalist Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow, co-founder of Tech Lady Mafia, human rights technologist Sabrina…


  • Enough With The Resolutions Already

    Enough With The Resolutions Already

    Photo by David Davies. January 1, 2018 is no different than December 31, 2017. You probably woke up with big plans to “really make some changes this year,” but you know what? It’s not going to work. Why? Because you’ve already decided that waiting until the new year to become the new and improved you…


  • I Deadlifted 136kg By Focusing On The Process, Not The Goal

    I Deadlifted 136kg By Focusing On The Process, Not The Goal

    In August 2015, I boldly proclaimed that I would become a “deadlifting badarse”. In my own world, that meant being able to deadlift 136kg. I struggled with 93kg at the time, so 136kg felt like a dream goal, the kind a four-year-old might blurt out. Then, last week I finally deadlifted 125kg for the first…