Somewhere along the way, modern life sold us a very seductive lie. More choices supposedly means better life. More jeans, more shows, more people, more everything. Somewhere out there is the perfect pair of jeans, the ideal tuesday night Netflix binge, and obviously your one and only soulmate […]
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 […]
What’s the hardest decision you’ve ever had to make? Why? I’ve learned something about myself over the years. For all my spontaneity, sass, and willingness to leap before looking, the hardest decisions I’ve ever made all come down to one thing: Leaving. Not staying.Not choosing.But leaving. Every major […]
Ah, Friday. The day when I realize I’ve spent the entire week drowning in a sea of decisions, and yet, here I am, still afloat—barely. It’s like a never-ending game of mental gymnastics. Decisions. Decisions everywhere. Should I answer that email now or save it for Monday? Should […]
In the whirlwind of life, there are moments of ennui and chaos, where time seems to stand still and rush by all at once. For me, this tumultuous blend has hindered my writing, leaving my thoughts scattered amidst dreams, nightmares, and plans. They say that in the first […]
As the calendar pages flutter towards the one-year mark, I find myself standing at the intersection of contemplation and decision-making. A year—a turbulent, unpredictable whirlwind that ushered in death’s profound silence, my own battles with illness, and the echo of a dog’s recovery from surgery. In this juncture […]
Lately, every day has been a search for insight. Let me tell you, such a daily search is quite tiresome and, at times, completely ennervating. It’s as if my flesh and bones, my body mass, is being depleted of what makes one whole. Searching for the light can […]
What’s one small improvement you can make in your life? This week was supposed to be one on which I could finally get some certainty and make decisions. Yet, the week continues to be one in which I continue to have a mounting set of problems and decisions […]
I’ve had to train myself on many a varied things in life. We all have. Some more than others. Just this past week I taught myself how to make a complicated map that needn’t be complicated other for the fact that it was a silly government requirement. There […]
In a perfect world, all our binary choices would be simple and easy to make. We would choose from between bad and good. We would know the right and wrong choice. And depending on our moral compass the decision would be easy. Life is not that black and […]
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