I’m guessing someone woke up really early one day and said, “I’m going to bake the hell out of this batch of sugar cookies, and they are going to be majestic.”

“However, there is a semi-glowing bright spot in all this. I’ve grown and changed as a writer, and so I have an opportunity to reintroduce myself. It’s been awhile.”

I have a feeling this message will be unpopular, but I need to get it out of my system: please, for the love of God, can we stop sharing “words of the year” every January?

“Being scared is a staple in the formidable range of human emotions. It’s in the moment we free fall for the first time off of a diving board. It’s in the way we pursue first loves, interview for jobs, pursue new ventures, and face ourselves in the unforgiving mirrors of fault and weakness.”