I love to travel, try new foods, ingest caffeine, and watch political news coverage. A psychologist by training trying to bring a little common sense to it all.
Lately, I’ve been reading about so-called “dark personality traits.” Not villains-with-capes dark. More like everyday-people-with-good-lighting dark. Psychology tends to group them into a familiar trio: narcissism (I’m the main character), Machiavellianism (I’ll move the pieces), and psychopathy (I don’t feel much about it either way). Collectively, they’ve earned […]
I recently fell down a very specific internet rabbit hole, courtesy of a quick, suspiciously casual blurb about something called “alpine divorce.” The premise? One partner takes the other on a scenic hike and gently (or not so gently) bumps them off a cliff. We’ll, dumps them. Let […]
And just like that May is over. My birthday month. My personal New Year. My annual, slightly delusional belief that the universe revolves, briefly but meaningfully, around me. May, you were glorious. You showed up like a main character that was blossoming, dramatic and slightly unhinged in your […]
Monday’s clinically questionable to-do list 1. Bite off more than I can chew. (Because self-awareness is for Tuesday.)2. Build Rome in one day. (Surely they just lacked proper project management.)3. Poke a bear with a stick. (My core competency. My brand, really.)4. Beat a dead horse. (Actually, this […]
I had a small existential crisis in a restaurant bathroom recently. Not the dramatic kind. There were no tears, no life reevaluation. It was just a quiet, philosophical pause while staring at a dispenser labeled “Healthy Soap.” Now, I’m no contrarian. I’m broadly pro-health. I support vitamins. I […]
I recently learned about something called the 37% rule, which sounds less like a mathematical theory and more like a suspicious diet plan. Apparently, it comes from the optimal stopping problem, which is a very polite, academic way of saying: “How long should I keep scrolling before I […]
I took a last-minute trip to St. Lucia because life, lately, has been “character-building” (which is code for mildly chaotic with a side of existential fatigue). St. Lucia, as it turns out, does not care about your problems. It is 84 degrees, unapologetically beautiful, and fully committed to […]
There is a word (because of course there is a word) for when life doesn’t just happen to you, but slowly organizes against you with your quiet, unknowing participation. It’s called zemblanity. Which sounds like a country you don’t want to vacation in. Or a skincare condition. It […]
There is something deeply comforting about the fact that the most terrifying apex predator to ever walk the earth looked like it couldn’t clap. The T. rex, nature’s original overachiever, shows up to the evolutionary party with a skull the size of a studio apartment, teeth like artisanal […]
I recently sat through a quick cybersecurity training at work.You know the kind that you generally click through about how you shouldn’t reuse passwords or wire money to strangers named “Steve from Finance.” Except this one hit differently. Because this time the message was: “Even if it sounds […]
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