Be Your Own Person

Anne Lamott: "The idea of spending entire days in someone else’s office doing someone else’s work did not suit my father’s soul.”

I believe that every dreamer wants to be his or her own person, and that this deep longing is tied inextricably to working for themselves. And so I take note when I come across people who seem to be doing just that—being their own person, working in their own way.

I recently came into possession of a pair of gorgeous leather Chelsea boots, which were un…