by Ali Schiller | Jul 11, 2025
Part 1: Less Stuff The Joy of Purging How much of what surrounds you do you actually use or love? I have to credit Marie Kondo here because her 2014 book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, helped me do the most thorough purge of my adult life. I can say for... by Ali Schiller | Jul 3, 2025
At Accountability Works, we see accountability coaching as a way to cultivate awareness so that you can make better, more aligned choices. You are always accountable. Whether you act or don’t act, decide or defer, you live with the consequences. That’s the... 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...
