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.
Do you need a break? From what? I need a break. A break from binge-watching, doomscrolling, the endless snow, doing everyone’s laundry, gummy bears (I mean, how many can one person eat?), and my oddly comforting habit of rocking my legs back and forth. Yet, here I am, […]
Write about your first computer. It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and while the game is entertaining, what I really look forward to are the commercials. Though, I must admit, the excitement isn’t what it used to be. Remember that Apple commercial—the one that became a seismic cultural moment? I […]
There’s something about a looming snowstorm that makes us all a little strange. Today, as I waited for the forecasted flurries, I found myself caught in a mash-up of tasks and culinary experiments that didn’t quite make sense but seemed perfectly fitting for a cozy Saturday. It started […]
Why these two, though? And what does my current TV lineup say about my psyche? Let’s start with So I Married an Axe Murderer. Mike Myers plays a quirky, commitment-phobic poet who suspects his new wife might just be a serial killer. Casual, right? It’s ridiculous, irreverent, and […]
Imagine, if you will, a perfectly ordinary Tuesday disrupted by the most extraordinary of events: your beloved dog, who until now has communicated solely through tail wags, barks, and the occasional interpretive sneeze, suddenly utters a single, cryptic phrase: *“I know the truth.”* And then—silence. Not another bark, […]
What would you do if you won the lottery? We all have that dream. More or less. That dream that we have while awake toiling at some task. You could be doing the dishes, looking out the kitchen window, and for a split second, your mind wanders. All […]
This morning, as I bundled up for another brisk winter day, I heard something that made me pause: birds chirping. Yes, real, live birds singing their little hearts out—just days after Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and dashed all our hopes for an early spring. It’s like the […]
Ten months ago, I ditched my Apple Watch. It was a clean break. No regrets at first—I had switched to a different type of smartwatch. But that new one gave me a rash, and nobody wants validation that comes with an itchy price. So, I made do with […]
For 16 years, I’ve been exchanging a simple “hello” with the same building worker on my walk to the train. Every weekday morning, rain or shine, we greet each other with a smile, and maybe a quick comment about the weather — an easy icebreaker that requires no […]
Here we are, February 1st. Can you believe it? One month down. That’s how I initially thought about it as I dragged myself out of bed this morning—January is done, and now we’ve got 11 more months to survive. A part of me was like, “Oh boy, is […]
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