by Ali Schiller | Jun 25, 2025
We tend to measure success by what got finished. Boxes checked. Goals met. But there’s another kind of success: quieter, less visible, and equally worthy of attention. Sometimes, what’s most important isn’t whether you “got it done,” but how you are different for... by Ali Schiller | Jun 19, 2025
A Word on Cycles, Seasons, and Solstice I started getting a weekly vegetable box in my mid-20s, back when I lived in San Francisco. I was studying Ayurveda back then and it was important to eat with the seasons. It would take years before I could successfully cook... by Ali Schiller | Jun 12, 2025
How You Can Use Zero-Based Thinking Have you ever felt stuck in something, a job, a routine, or a project, and wondered, “Why am I even doing this anymore?” That’s where zero-based thinking comes in. I first heard about this concept on the ChooseFI podcast, and I was... by Ali Schiller | Jun 5, 2025
Overcoming Inertia: Increasing and Decreasing Friction When I think about inertia, I’m usually thinking about how to help a client do something they have resistance to or to stop doing something they don’t want to do anymore. Newton’s first law of motion... by Ali Schiller | May 21, 2025
Intentional Underwhelm: Creating Space for Presence I can’t remember the first time I heard the phrase intentional underwhelm, but it stuck. I have a little running list of ideas, quotes, podcasts, basically anything I find inspiring that I keep on the Notes app on my... by Ali Schiller | May 11, 2025
Every once in a while, it’s useful to pause and ask, How am I really doing? Not just how things look on the outside, but how you feel on the inside. And most importantly, what are you doing well or is working? The reason is that if you are like most humans, it is...
