'I Want to Make a Difference But I'm Terrible at Working with Others!'

Embrace failure until you feel comfortable failing. Nothing will bring you more joy or more success.

Crepuscula glacialis (1997), Dorothea Tanning

Dear Polly,

I want to share with you how terrifying the world has been for me for the last two years. Although the fear and sadness I feel are not comparable to those of people facing genocide or devastation from the climate crisis, I do truly miss the days when my problems were of the “well, everyone has prob…