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The Only List I Care About design your life Jan 03, 2026

Today marks something tender and remarkable: the second edition of Wear Your Life Well is officially out in the world. Nine years to the day since the first edition arrived. Nine years of growth, grit, grace - and becoming.

I know there's a lot of noise in the publishing world about lists and ranki...

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Becoming: A Word, A Season, A Promise to Myself love your life Jan 01, 2026

For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice.

~T.S. Eliot

 

Each December, I choose a word to guide the year ahead. Not a resolution, not a task list, not another impossible standard—just a word that steadies me, stretches me, and reminds me of w...

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What Not to Wear design your life Dec 29, 2025

 

Clothes aren’t going to change the world. The women who wear them will. 

—Anne Klein 

 

Not everything we wear shows up in the mirror. Some of the heaviest things we carry never even hang in our closet. Over the years I’ve learned that style isn’t just about what you put on, it’s also about ...

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Silver, Memory, and Choosing to Live Well love your life Dec 24, 2025

 

Tonight, I cleaned my silverware.

It has been sitting quietly in a drawer for years—not because it didn’t matter, but perhaps because it mattered too much. As I polished each piece, I realized I wasn’t really cleaning silver at all. I was touching memory. Love. History.

My great aunt Mitzi live...

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The Gift You Can Still Give Yourself design your life Dec 17, 2025

The holidays ask a lot of us.
Not just our time or our energy, but our hearts.
We give and give and give — our attention, our kindness, our thoughtfulness, our effort — often without stopping to ask what we might need in return.

And somewhere in between the wrapping, the cooking, the remembering-ever...

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Lucky Foods for a Hopeful New Year design your life Dec 15, 2025

A new year doesn't need resolutions - just rituals that remind you hope is always on the table.

-Helene Oseen

 As we turn the corner from one year to the next, many of us feel that quiet mixture of reflection and anticipation. The world slows down for a moment. The calendar resets. And suddenly, t...

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