Replace the words "have to" with "get to" and watch how the cold rain on your life changes to sunshine..

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real….

Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself. Rememb….

Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views..

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them m….

Don't waste your time on jealousy..

Unusual commencement advice: Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen wo….

Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere..

Opening day. All you have to do is say the words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air out, the light pour in. In baseball, no other da….

Like many women my age, I am 28 years old..

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when yo….

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on….

For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation..

Families are ecosystems. Each life grows in response to the lives around it.

Chicago is constantly auditioning for the world, determined that one day, on the streets of Barcelona, in Berlin's cabarets, in the coffee shops of I….

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you….

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone..

The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to reframe obligation as opportunity. You don't have to spend Thanksgiving with your family.….

Do one thing every day that scares you. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself..

You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same..

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do wi….