Sweet Disappointment: When New May Not Always Mean Improved
I am about to write about something that I recognize is perhaps the silliest thing I’ve ever spent more than a few seconds thinking about...
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Caitlin Hawekotte
Sep 20, 20203 min read
Fighting to Breathe and Breathing to Fight
For our son’s second birthday a couple weeks ago, we spent the day mostly playing at home and then headed to the beach in the afternoon...
Caitlin Hawekotte
May 28, 20203 min read
Take Your Time
One day last October, as I ran around between attending the various sessions of a podcasting conference and meeting up with my husband so...
Caitlin Hawekotte
Feb 16, 20194 min read
You Are Not the First
Whenever it came to careers or book ideas or relationships, I used to lament the fact that I never seemed to be the first person to have...
Caitlin Hawekotte
Jan 9, 20193 min read
Shifting Perspectives on the Strengths We Think We Lack
I don’t know about you, but I STRUGGLE with making things happen. Perhaps we are never more acutely aware of this than during the season...
Caitlin Hawekotte
Dec 12, 20184 min read
It's Not All About You
A couple weeks ago, I sat down in the living room waiting to watch an episode of one of my favorite shows, which may or may not have the...
Caitlin Hawekotte
Jan 3, 20187 min read
How I Learned to Be Present by Flying Away—An Honest Look Back at 2017
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller's Day Off Wow, I can’t...
Caitlin Hawekotte
Oct 10, 20176 min read
On Days When It May Feel Like Nothing Matters, What Gets You Up in the Morning?
"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise." - Les Misérables I’ve been in Paris for 11 days now, and I’m finally writing for...
Caitlin Hawekotte
Sep 15, 20179 min read
Why I Decided to Travel Solo—Even Though I’m Married
I once had a counseling professor who told our class, “The way you do anything is the way you do everything.” For the most part, I have...
Caitlin Hawekotte
Jun 4, 20176 min read
My Parting Gift to My Twenties is a Lack of Closure
I wanted to write a letter to my Twenties, explaining how “it’s not you; it’s me.” I wanted to give this fabulous decade of my life some...
Caitlin Hawekotte
May 11, 20177 min read
Joy and Pain and Everything in Between
I'm turning 30 in a month and two days, and I can hardly believe it. It feels like this past decade has flown by. Having spent years...
Caitlin Hawekotte
Apr 22, 20172 min read
There Are Worse Things to Be Than Breakable
At an event at The Museum of Broken Relationships tonight, I asked the artist Morley (whose work is featured in the image for this post)...
Caitlin Hawekotte
Jan 12, 20171 min read
America -- Land of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Freedom from LAX
Day 15 of 15: "Woke up in London yesterday, found myself in the city near Piccadilly, don't really know how I got here, I got some...
Caitlin Hawekotte
Jan 11, 20172 min read
Cheers for Now
Day 14 of 15: London, you are just full of surprises. Today, the most delightful one was my delicious dinner at Dishoom. (Thank you to my...
Caitlin Hawekotte
Jan 10, 20172 min read
London Called -- And I Answered
Hope it wasn't disappointed it was me. Originally, my plan was to visit London and Dublin with a good friend. When she sadly wasn't able...
Caitlin Hawekotte
Jan 7, 20172 min read
Solo Travel -- From Breakfast to Belfast
Day 10 of 15: After breakfast yesterday, I rested for a bit and then made a visit to the Dublin Writers Museum. Afterward, I attempted to...
Caitlin Hawekotte
Jan 6, 20172 min read
Dublin -- The Land of My People, Where I Was Both Lost and Found
Day 9 of 15: Technically this happened yesterday, but I strolled the streets of the Temple Bar district in Dublin and even saw The Temple...
Caitlin Hawekotte
Feb 14, 20163 min read
Be Weird. Be Loved.
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix For a research class I'm in this...
Caitlin Hawekotte
Dec 31, 20159 min read
A Jar of Hearts: Reframing Resolutions
Last year at this time, I was browsing the Internet to find the best ideas for setting (and sticking to) New Year’s resolutions. I saw...
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