TAG: beyondyourbelief

You Can Be Excellent Without Burning Out

If you’re a perfectionist, you’re awesome. You strive for excellence, and you almost always achieve it. You’ve probably got a job that sounds prestigious. You’re the person everyone wants on their committee. Your family looks to you for support and guidance. And you almost definitely graduated summa cum laude, didn’t you? Great. But I have […]

The Project I Never Finished (And What It Taught Me About Procrastination)

The first time it happened, or at least the first time I noticed it, was in Mr. Gillette’s fifth grade class. Mr. Gillette, my favorite teacher, taught us how to write a three-page research paper, and then assigned each of us a topic. My topic was terns.  I took this research paper very seriously – perhaps […]

The Night I Stopped Crying On My Way to The Subway

We all know what we’re supposed to feel… Gratitude! Have you ever been in a place where that felt completely impossible? Have you ever felt like everyone is receiving blessings except for you? About 7 years ago, when everyone else was celebrating the holidays… my husband was in a huge hospital in New York City […]