Which animal would you compare yourself to and why? Someone recently asked me a question that sounded simple but turned out to be quietly existential. “What animal would you compare yourself to and why?” Now, this is the kind of question people answer very confidently. Someone immediately says […]
What advice would you give to your teenage self? If I could sit across from my teenage self (probably on a twin bed with mismatched sheets, dramatic sighs, and a notebook full of Very Important Feelings) I wouldn’t tell her to change who she was. I liked her.She […]
Are there any activities or hobbies you’ve outgrown or lost interest in over time? I used to be a jump-rope person. Not casually. Not “oh look, there’s a rope.” I was a bring-a-jump-rope-on-a-cross-country-road-trip person. There are photos of me at rest stops somewhere in the middle of America, […]
What do you complain about the most? I once had a colleague lovingly tease me about how I constantly complain about being sleepy. Not in a mean way. In a we’ve-noticed-a-pattern way. Apparently, phrases like: “I’m tired.”“I’m sleepy.”“I need to wake up.”“I need a Red Bull.” Exit my […]
What would you do if you won the lottery? Haven’t we all done it? Bought a ticket. Laid our head on the pillow. Let the mind wander into that delicious little fantasy called What if? What if I won the lottery. I sometimes think it would have been […]
Where can you reduce clutter in your life? This grand January snowstorm came in hot. Well. Cold. But you know what I mean. It was nonstop. Relentless. The kind of snow that doesn’t gently fall. It commits. It stacks itself. It blocks your car. It cancels your plans […]
What is your favorite animal? Sharks. Those glamorous, fin-flipping divas of the deep. The rulers of the ocean. The creatures who make every beachgoer reconsider their life choices at the mere sight of a dorsal fin. And what’s their secret weapon? Teeth. Lots of teeth. Teeth that grow […]
You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like? Lately, I’ve been watching architectural shows the way some people watch cooking competitions. Wide-eyed. Slightly dramatic. Fully aware that I do not, in fact, have Michelin-star money or, in my case, Oshatz or Aires […]
When are you most happy? I’m most happy in moments that don’t look impressive on paper. Not the kind of happy that requires a caption or a filter or proof.The kind that just happens. Quietly. Reliably. Like muscle memory. I’m most happy making pancakes for my son at […]
What was the last thing you did for play or fun? People ask this question as if fun is a single event. A checkbox.A laminated memory card you pull out on demand. “What’s the last thing you did for fun?” Listen.It’s not like I did one thing. I […]
