I want to denormalize...

The idea that you need to work yourself to death to get ahead. In all honesty, it’s true. I don’t know anybody who’s winning who isn’t exhausted. But when we’re dying, we’ll wish we spent more time with our kids, or at the beach, or whatever.

I want to normalize...

Being yourself. “Be yourself” is a buzz phrase these days but it’s not widely practiced or accepted to live life on your own terms without repressing any parts of your identity. I hope that changes one day.

Ernest Baker is...

Ernest Baker (@ernestbaker_) has written novels, massively popular pop culture thinkpieces, and screenplays but he’s a human being before anything else.