The Work First, Fun Later 30-Something Guys
I’ve noticed a new kind of man. He opens with transformation stories of how he was XYZ and uses that to excuse his lack of effort. I call BS on these guys.
Map Of Emotion
Navigating complex emotions of jealousy, ambition, insecurity, joy, fear, peace, anger, happiness, betrayal, contentment, disappointment, love.
On Carrying Shame
I found this in my Drafts folder. I don’t remember who I wrote this about. But I do remember feeling this way. And today, it feels like a message from another one of my selves, telling me what I need to hear. ~O~O~O~O~O~O~ I did something I feel terrible about….
Shell Shock
I met somebody recently. Someone who has known me for nearly a decade, only I can’t remember them at all. All the references check out, the dates line up, the stories match. And yet, there’s a gaping hole in my memory where this person should be. All I can find…
Why People Cheat
The thrill of it. The validation. Why do people cheat?
Interesting Things
“She tried to be the kind of person that interesting things happened to.”
Holding Hands
You’re uncomfortable in silences. In sighs. In whispers. In conversations. How do you feel about holding hands?
The Closure Experience
Getting older has me reevaluating what it means to care and thus, how closure looks It doesn’t have to be clean.
A DIY Relationship
Friendship is a DIY kind of relationship that you can tailor to your needs, your personality and the other’s.
Meeting My Feminism
I grew up feeling like my life would follow the same path as other people – work and you shall achieve, be and you shall receive. It baffled me when I was attacked or called entitled for this, when the boys I knew, weren’t. I wrote about this often. I…
A Work Of Art
I’m forty this year. I asked myself if my life was a work of art?