ELA CRAIN

Some of the qualities we admire most in successful people have surprisingly unglamorous origins.

I had a conversation with a friend of mine the other day that stayed with me long after the call ended.

A teenager can now wake up and summon almost anything on their phone: a tutor for the problem they did not understand in class, a research assistant to sharpen their essay, a programmer to debug the game they are building.

It is Sunday evening.

The Portuguese coastline was turning gold at sunset, and I was struggling to stay alert on the bends.

I’m one of those people who can move almost anywhere and adapt relatively fast.

I’ve been in Delhi for a week now, attending a course with the 12th Tai Situpa—a Tibetan teacher whose warmth, joy, and peace put a soft smile on hundreds of faces at once.

June 2019.

A foreigner went to Tibet with a camcorder when carrying a camera still meant carrying a small appliance.

Imagine Van Gogh standing in a room with a mop because the room needs cleaning.

There are boundaries we recognize immediately—the big ones that involve leaving, confronting, refusing, redefining.

When I ended a twelve-year relationship, something happened that cracked my understanding of people.

What Isn’t Love & Why So Many Relationships Feel Like Work The Ancient Greeks had eight different words for love.

Let me guess.

On Fear, Self-Expression, and Hitting ‘Publish’ Anyway It starts with a lawnmower engine, a few ropes, and a plastic container of gas strapped beneath a metal seat.