by rebecca.monterusso | May 30, 2023 | Change Your Life, The Work
When you go skydiving, they warn you not to grab onto anything inside the plane. Not the metal bars. Not the seats. Nothing that’s firmly attached and therefore not coming with you on the way down. Because if you grab the plane, you might not let go. (Or, you’ll...
by rebecca.monterusso | May 16, 2023 | Change Your Life
The other day I was driving home from a guitar lesson. I was frustrated with the concepts we were learning because I couldn’t get them to fit in my brain. (The teacher keeps throwing out concepts, but has yet to teach us a song so even when it makes sense, it feels...
by rebecca.monterusso | May 9, 2023 | Happiness, Spirituality
I feel like I’m reaching my “no longer afraid to apologize for all the shitty things I did in my past” era. Like, I’m sorry for being that bitch (and we all know I’ve been that bitch). I’m sorry for constantly trying to manipulate everyone around me into...
by rebecca.monterusso | Mar 21, 2023 | Change Your Life, Happiness
You’re not too old. It’s not too late. And you can’t do it wrong. If you think you are, it is, or you can, it’s just your ego trying to keep you from trying anything outside your comfort zone. But what your ego doesn’t know is that you can’t control any of it anyway...
by rebecca.monterusso | Sep 9, 2022 | Happiness
You think it’s because you’re single and are going to die alone. You think it’s because you never became the doctor your parents always hoped you’d become. Or because you can’t write the novel swimming around inside you head. You think it’s because the barista spelled...
