Lizz Schumer
Lizz Schumer is a writer, reporter and editor living and working in Buffalo, N.Y. Her writing has appeared in a ...
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This Is What Perfectionism Looks Like
There’s a Chinese proverb, “Keep always the edge of hunger” that I’ve kept in my locker, my cubicle wall, the edges of notebooks and my mind. I stay hungry for the next story, the next byline, the next book deal, the next perfectly polished stone word.
You’re Not Defined By Your Broken Moments
I choose to live in wholeness, to remember how we were, before we threw rocks at the safe world we’d created.
I Can’t Tell You What To Learn In Your 20s
My path isn’t yours. I can’t tell you what you should have learned in your 20s, because I’m still learning. I can’t tell you what I wished I knew in college, because we didn’t have the same journey, and we won’t. We can’t.
Looking Hardship In The Face
I was the girl who laughed at A Walk to Remember. When Nicole Kidman coughed up blood in Moulin Rouge, I giggled as my friends reached for the tissues. I laughed because I couldn’t cry.
Stop Racing To The Top: A Missive Against The Rat Race
Sometimes Women Want To Drink Alone, There’s Nothing Wrong With That
As a society, I think we’re losing the ability to appreciate being alone. With the constant stream of social media feeding into the palms of our hands and soon, directly into our eyes, we don’t ever have to be truly isolated. Unless we want to.
