For writers, the future of AI has its pros and cons. For editors, AI is already a nightmare. — You’ve likely heard both sides of the AI-generated content debate by now. Either it’s coming for our writing jobs or it isn’t — at least, not yet. We often discuss AI as if it’s still a far-off game-changer. But it’s already here. In journalism, AI has already become a part…

At every lowest point you reach, the only way is up. — The longer we live, the more we encounter heartache. Fear. Anger. Anxiety. The toughest things life hands us are almost never the things we ask for. The strongest people are those who can rely on what they’ve learned from the past to dictate the direction of their future. Surviving hard…

It doesn’t take much to convince strangers you’re the worst. If you’re reading this right now, you are using the internet. Most likely this is nothing new for you. …

People of a certain age are harshly judged for treating their dogs like children. It’s madness, I tell you. — The internet is a great place to judge strangers you will never meet in real life for behaviors that neither harm nor concern you. The most recent example of this that has drawn me in enough to write about it on my day off is — deep breath — people…

You’re too old to be afraid of the dark. You’re also a human being facing very real monsters. — At what age are you supposed to grow out of being afraid of the dark? I don’t mean the unmanagable terror that overtakes you when you have to go downstairs alone in the middle of the night and can’t turn a light on or risk waking up your loved ones…

You don’t know me at all, actually — that’s the point. — There is life to live beyond the screen. This may be one of those lessons you have to learn, forget, and re-learn a few times until you truly get it. …

In the fight to preserve human rights for the historically excluded, Star Wars fans draw strength from the stories that teach them they can win. — “In my life, when you find people who need your help, you help them, no matter what.” — Ahsoka Tano When people turn to fictional universes like Star Wars, not all of them do so with the intent of escaping into an alternate world. Sometimes, escapism is a valid coping…

Grieving during the holiday season is a universal weight all of us, at some point, will learn to carry with us. — The holiday season exists so we have a reason to celebrate being alive. I have adhered to this philosophy for as longer than I’ve known what philosophizing meant. …

Sick of hearing about burnout? Don’t worry. So am I. — I get it. You don’t want to read yet another Thing On The Internet about burnout. Especially not from someone like me. Someone who has said “never again” enough times to know it’s never going to be true. But technically, no one is forcing you to read the words I’m…