Paid subscriber issue: The real life woman you aspire to be

Where are the goalposts exactly? What do you mean, there are none?!

When I was younger, I was pretty motivated by professional jealousy. I remember the first time my friend Lindsay got a byline in an actual glossy men’s magazine (and not just the internet). I was like, “I’m gonna do that someday,” and I did. I often had my eye on someone about my age who had a role or attained some goal that I thought sounded cool and u…