This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
All in LONG PULLS
“I’d strongly recommend picking it up for fifteen minutes a day and just following her journey and using it as a way to channel all the anxieties that are inherent in being someone who expresses themselves for an audience.”
“Write more letters. Real physical recycled paper letters. Draw something. Say something.”
“Unplug every once in a while. I have found a lot of good in disconnecting from time to time. The other day, I drove to a park, and I intentionally left my phone in the car. I brought a book and that's it. I mostly didn't read. I just walked, and watched squirrels run around like maniacs while I listened to strangers argue in a language I don't understand. And it was great.”
“I'm just loving the new Sharon Van Etten record, and I saw her show in Toronto a couple of weeks ago. It was probably the best show I have seen in 5 years.”
“…which is essentially an unfinished essay on how to unsubscribe from every mailing list you subscribed to when you were 17.”
"I guess I would suggest that people try to take better care of their bodies. I can feel myself aging, which sounds ridiculous at 24, but I could feel myself aging even at 19."
"If you make art, pay more attention to your emotional/creative milestones and less to your financial ones. I'm never gonna 'make it big,' whatever that means, but I'm gonna get better and better as a songwriter."
"Go for walks. Eat that cake in the middle of the night. Be kind towards others but mostly be kind to yourself. Use less plastic. Do everything with love, for what is done with love is well done."
“I think everyone should sway their hips every morning when they wake up. Especially if they’re often stressed out (or in the moment they are stressed out). Or if they feel very old when they wake up in the morning.”
"Boxing, the training part, not necessarily the fighting part, I don't know anything about the fighting part, is incredibly profound. A wonderful surprise for the nervous system!"
“I feel so much more settled and clear-headed when I start the day off meditating. I’m very aware of how old I sound when I write this."
