Don Hall 4/14/25 Don Hall 4/14/25

I Believe… [Leave the Past Where It Is]

...that religating the past is a Sisyphean task that distracts from the imperative of progress.

Don Hall 4/12/25 Don Hall 4/12/25

Gold-Plated Failure: Why Chasing Money Isn’t the Same as Succeeding at Life

If you find yourself quoting Gordon Gekko like he’s a life coach, go outside, hug a tree, and punch yourself in the throat.

David Himmel 4/11/25 David Himmel 4/11/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of April 6, 2025

I had a boy dog who peed like a girl dog. I now have a girl dog who pees like a boy dog. Gender is fluid. Just like pee.

Elizabeth Harper 4/10/25 Elizabeth Harper 4/10/25

To Be or Not to Be a Mother—Elizabeth Goes to the Theater

Two plays—one looking to the past, and the other to the future—descry the plights of former and potential mothers, respectively.

Don Hall 4/7/25 Don Hall 4/7/25

I Believe… [Excusing Evil]

...that the trend to create justification back stories for villainous characters is directly connected to our need to rationalize our own shitty behavior.

Don Hall 4/5/25 Don Hall 4/5/25

The Soul-Sucking Curse of Too Much Empathy

You’re not helping anyone—you’re just bleeding empathy in every direction like a sprinkler system built in hell.

David Himmel 4/4/25 David Himmel 4/4/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of March 30, 2025

Truly unique people are rarely celebrated until after they’ve died and can no longer disrupt the careful choreography of coolness.

Don Hall 3/31/25 Don Hall 3/31/25

I Believe… [Too Little Butter]

...that empathy is a limited and local resource. Expanding one’s desire to empathize with an increasing number of people spreads it thin like too little butter on too much bread.

David Himmel 3/28/25 David Himmel 3/28/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of March 23, 2025

Emotions are the greatest challenge we face as a people. Sociopaths have it easy.

Don Hall 3/26/25 Don Hall 3/26/25

Hiding Behind Alf: Masks, Work, and the Death of the Real Self

You are not your real self at work—you’re a character version of yourself with all the edges sanded down.

Elizabeth Harper 3/25/25 Elizabeth Harper 3/25/25

Deep Exhaustion

Don Hall 3/24/25 Don Hall 3/24/25

I Believe… [Balancing Anxiety & Grit]

...that anxiety and grit are like two characters in a dark comedy—each one flawed, but when they work together, they can create something powerful.

David Himmel 3/21/25 David Himmel 3/21/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of March 16, 2025

The descent to hell is easy when the road is paved with alcoholic tolerance.

Don Hall 3/18/25 Don Hall 3/18/25

We’re All a Bit Body Dysmorphic, Aren’t We?

body dysmorphia isn’t about what you look like. It’s about what you think you look like.

Don Hall 3/17/25 Don Hall 3/17/25

I Believe… [Nudist Freedom]

...that being naked in your home is liberating and suddenly makes you feel better about your body.

David Himmel 3/14/25 David Himmel 3/14/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of March 9, 2025

A Montessori education is child-led and parents shamed. And judging by the classroom toys and décor, it’s an education opposed to color and joy.

David Himmel 3/11/25 David Himmel 3/11/25

She’s Not My Type, but She’s Totally My Type

She probably has a twenty-something daughter. Her daughter is stupid hot. A spitting image of mom twenty years ago. She was a teen mom. Divorced. Never remarried. Has had the same boyfriend for fifteen years. He’s a UPS driver or a dock worker. She can change a tire but can’t tie a tie. She definitely snuck backstage and blew the Puddle of Mud frontman. She got a butterfly tattoo a week after her dad died because, “life’s transitions.” She loves Adam Sandler films and the poetry of Mary Oliver.

Don Hall 3/10/25 Don Hall 3/10/25

I Believe… [The Reward for Bad Behavior]

...that if you reward people screaming at you by giving in to their demands, you train them and others to scream at you with impunity.

David Himmel 3/8/25 David Himmel 3/8/25

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of March 2, 2025

There’s no S in “Daylight Saving.” But there is one in “You’re all idiots.” Why is this so hard for people?

Don Hall 3/5/25 Don Hall 3/5/25

When the Babysitter Becomes the Bully

A former reality TV star, a former best selling author with Netflix money, and a former actor famous for playing an actor with ambitions to become president walk into the Oval Office and all hell breaks loose.