Finding the Audacity to Do More and Less

Our power lies in designing our lives for ourselves on our own terms.

There is a huge difference between sadness and grief.

Grief, it turns out, happens in your body.

I am doing less. Less is about all I can manage these days.

I wanted to make books. I knew where they made the books was where I wanted to be.

The way you get your foot in the door in book publishing is through a proper, paid internship.

Publishing is one of the last 'slow' industries.

It can be incredibly daunting to try and make change on a national or industry-wide scale. But, we realized that we had a lot of work we could do right in our own backyard.

I have always been a writer.

The idea of my creative work as a business was in my head.

Being an author and artist and illustrator — is — running a business.

We can get crystal clear about our priorities and make time for them.

I lack the energy right now to do much of anything with my pockets of time.

Acknowledge that when you are in grief, grief is what you are doing.

Following your passion never really steers you wrong.

Tenacity is one of our greatest assets.

Justice is not an abstract concept, but rather a daily practice.

Your true work often happens organically when you're not looking.

Magic is just waiting.

What brought you joy as a child is maybe exactly what you should be doing as an adult.