Love me a good year-end roundup list. I haven’t done nearly as much reading as I would’ve liked to this year, but it’s something to think about as I draft resolutions for next year. Also proud to see a Lady Collective alum on this list: check out Andrea Tsurumi’s debut children’s book, Accident!

There are two types of people, askers and guessers. Askers will ask a favor without any expectation that you will say yes. Guessers will only ask a favor if they believe there is a high probability that you will say yes. I am a guesser, so I need to recognize that people don’t always expect a “yes” and I have the power to exercise my “no.” Shoutout to Jocelyn K. Glei for blowing my mind apart with this revelation.