Recruiting Advice From Katrina Kibben.

The ultimate cure for burnout might be some answer or some plan, but as a self-proclaimed expert in preparing for it all then watching it fall apart, I think the answer is less predictable.

My 17 year old self knew something more about road trips. Trusting the you that says yes, no, go left.

I’m just not a fan of the absolutes and acronyms in most of this category, so I wrote a leadership book I really love.

I like hiking, but I get lost. Even in the woods, it’s not all that different from when you feel lost in life.

As I think about ending van life, I’m realizing why I ended up here in the first place. I’m learning how to live calmly in the chaos.

Over time, I found myself simply feeling relieved when I had a big win. But life is pretty hard when you can’t celebrate your wins.

If hard work made you happy? If not being lazy earned rest? I would be one of the happiest, most well-rested people in the world. But that’s not the formula.

After rushing away from 3 campsites last week, what could I learn from all this smoke?

Van life helped me imagine the unimaginable - a life where I didn’t try to prove everyone wrong or live by a strict, predictable plan.

Sometimes the only way forward is by going backwards, literally. And guess what? That's perfectly okay - going backwards is good enough.

Just because you didn’t get it all right doesn’t mean you got it all wrong. You have to allow for some margin of error in your life.

I’m working to change how I think about money and evolve from that “good enough” mindset. Good enough isn’t good enough to have a life well lived.

This week after an altercation in the bathroom, I met a Mother so proud that she reminded me of the good in this world.

What parents of queer kids show up for, what they pay attention to, will send a million messages to their children about what they can become. If they’ll be loved.

There’s some part of me, and so many trans people, that wonders every time we come out. Wondering, “will you still love me if I’m trans?”

Learning how to grieve and feel vulnerable with others, about dogs or anything else.

It’s kind of crazy how a song can take you back to a time when you didn’t know how to follow your arrow, let alone what an arrow was.

Holding bad bosses accountable is rare. Too many companies value the bottom line over a baseline of humanity and it’s hurting us, the people who want to do great work.

You’re not invincible, but it’s easy to forget that the only thing that can destroy you? It’s you.

I feel so special when people come out to me, but it’s not just queer people. It’s their parents, managers, and friends. Thank you for coming out to me.

One thing is for sure. After van life, I’ll never take home for granted again.

Do you feel burned out? I’m so burnt out, I swear I can smell the fire. But I have to rest, and so do you.

You can change everything in your life, but if you never change how you spend your time it’ll never feel different to be alive.

In honor of Trans Day of Visibility, I want to talk about my youngest role model and remind all of us to never age out of curiosity.

A story about van life and how it opened my eyes to ways we can help each other. We all have 1 thing in common: an unpredictable life.