Advice

Age and experience have taught me that life is stressful. It is a daily practice to center myself, and to remind myself not to get caught up in the little things. It has taught me not to waste my focus and energy on things that simply do not matter to my reality, my now.

People are crazy. Throughout history, some of the most incredibly brilliant people were also, quite humorously, insane. This is a fact.

I was recently accused of not being cool.

To genuine friends old and new, thank you. I wrote this for you, because I want you all to realize how much I appreciate you all being in my life, and really…

Failure is relative to expectations. It doesn’t really exist if you don’t let it. Therein lies happiness. I’ve lived through so much in 15 years of startups, businesses, entrepreneur ups, downs, wins, losses — If I ever feared failure or even allowed it to enter my mind, I’d have gone and gotten a job long ago.

When it comes to relationships (romantic or friendly), I really can’t be around people unless I respect them. Once I lose respect for someone — for whatever reason, really — I start to get annoyed with their minor flaws, and it reflects in the way that I treat them.

dear cheri. how do you deal with close friends who now either treat you terribly. or dont try? like honestly its the year before we all go separate ways. and i cant help but feel bitter. thought you might have some insight on it, and i feel like youre someone who can be straight honest with me. thank youuuu:)

Remember a few days ago when I was talking about needing to take it easy, do new things and enjoy this time I have off from working for the corporate man?…

I hate the term ‘unemployed. I feel that it implies I’m somehow incapable of finding work or am unfit to be hired in some way — both assumptions that are…