Role Reboot

Why Doing Nothing Is Everything: The Art Of Quiet Contemplation

Carving out the space to do nothing—to just be—is harder than one might think in our extroverted culture. I can and I do, but I worry that at best I appear reclusive or weird, and at worst, rude or selfish. Ever since I was a little girl, I have had to explain to people that […]

My Best Friend Ghosted Me, And Here’s What I Learned

Sometimes abandoning a friendship is easier than maintaining one. On that day, the hills of Point Reyes National Seashore had been baked brown by relentless heat. My ’67 Ford Falcon heaved along the curves of the Pacific Coast near the San Andreas Fault line. I’d always found beauty in the precariousness of this place, where […]