Because sometimes the real holiday magic starts with paint, cafecito, and a whole lot of laughter. If your holiday to-do list is growing faster than your patience, take a deep breath, here’s your guide to making the season magical without losing your mind (or your glue gun). It’s November 11th and the mom mode in me is officially activated. The calendar says there’s still time, but my brain says panic now because somehow the holiday countdown has already begun. As a mom, I fe

Dazed and Confused by Artist Erica Soto by Erica Soto While being the good little entrepreneur that I am, I scheduled an accountability call like it was my daily vitamin. I called up my colleague, who is basically human sunshine. She’s smart, talented, gorgeous, creative, kind, and one of those people who looks like she wakes up flawless. I told her all this, what I thought of her, and thanked her for taking the time to chat and prepared myself to check in, be a responsible a

By Erica Soto A shack just like this. Laying Down the Tracks During my days as a 19-year-old security guard in New Jersey, life felt painfully slow. I spent eight-hour shifts alone in a cold little security shack, eating whatever I packed, texting random people on my silver Razr, hoping someone wasn’t too busy to talk back. The clock dragged minute by minute. Some days, it felt like the silence was swallowing me whole. There was almost no human interaction. Just truckers sig