"Be Curious. Savor all of it." --Kim's tagline on her website, kimnicol.com
How to Make Hard Decisions
I know what I want but it's scary and (maybe) irresponsible. I knew for a long time that I wanted to __________. I'm leaving out the specifics of my desire because you can place just...
I'm excited to announce 6 Months to Live's first guest Life Experiments' post by Arianna Merritt from Arianna's Random Thoughts! Many thanks to Arianna for sharing her experiment and photos. Feel free to submit your ideas and life experiments as well to sixmonthstolive@gmail.com Read more about...
Rejection Therapy has been a roller coaster, and I'm absolutely loving it (well, mostly). In my 2 weeks of rejection, I've been told "no" and "yes" countless times. As I mentioned in my first post, Rejection Therapy: Week One, I'm using Rejection Therapy as a catapult for pursuing my longstanding...
When I was 23, I believed I could do anything. I moved to middle-of-nowhere China right after college, and all seemed possible. Even moving to a country where I didn't speak the language, was the only white girl in town, and had very little understanding of Chinese culture didn't seem to phase me...
1-Month Challenge
Read about Week 1 of Rejection Therapy and Week 2: Lessons in Rejection
On August 1st, I began one of my most daring experiments yet--Rejection Therapy. I first heard about Rejection Therapy from Jason Shen's video at Ignite SF. The rules are simple: you have to get...
I've been giving these questions a significant amount of thought lately and thought I'd share. Would love to hear what compelling questions you ask yourself.
What do I LOVE to do?
What do I do best?
How can I help others in a way no one else can?*
What do I want to change about the...
One of blogging's many beauties is that it opens doors to meet new people around the world. Shortly after I started my blog, I began "wandering" around the internet. I wanted to see what other people had to share. It was a day like any other when I read "Based on a True Story" and met an...
I recently took a risk. I added business contacts to my Facebook page and uploaded my personal blog on LinkedIn. I've always maintained a clear line between my professional life and my personal life. This seemingly simple switch came from a recent conversation I had about modern global...
Remember that awkward puberty period? That was fun. Clothes were either too big or too tight. Styles looked good one month and a sudden body shift would turn it into a trash item. Our society addresses this idea of limbo with a somewhat negative connotation. There's a pressure to figure it...
"Courage is ...to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart."
-Dr. Brené Brown's lecture
I've tried to write this post several times in the past month. It started with a breakup. It took a detour with an empowering video I watched today on Youtube that essentially says the...
