Maybe I should turn in, but there’s a level of softness, and emotional rawness, that happens when I’m under-slept. I also get a bit loopy. On a beautiful February day in Queens, a Monday, I loaded up my car and headed for home. The weather was gorgeous, the sun was shining, and it had been […]
Read more "Off (Free Write)"It can be easy to fall into a rut. The winter really started this week. I didn’t even realize how cold it was until I looked at the temperature, and then the windchill. There were some strong gusts of wind on my walk, and also sheets of ice that made me regret my decision to […]
Read more "Living Life"It was a year of personal growth. I’m not sad to see it go. Now that I’m firmly in my mid-thirties, I find myself at an inflection point between childhood and adulthood. I’ve definitely matured in a lot of ways, and yet, I’m also committed to having fun. Some parts of me are the same, […]
Read more "2023"This fall was a bit of a wedding season. The first wedding was in Maine; the bride was a grad school friend. We reconnected during the winter, and she told me I should come. The invitation followed. I’d lived with this person for a month when I was in-between living situations in New York. It […]
Read more "2 Weddings"“I thought you were done.” It started with a simple request. “Come to Manchester (Connecticut) for Thanksgiving, and run the road race,” my friend said. I’m not sure why I was resistant to the idea. After all, this was a close friend, someone that I lived with on more than one occasion. Maybe it had […]
Read more "Thanksgiving in Manchester"I knew this would be a different kind of trip to New York. First off, I realize how lucky and privileged I am to be able to stop and rest, even if I haven’t done it much this year. Life moves faster and faster as we age, as if it’s speeding towards some inevitable destination, […]
Read more "Return to New York (On Fire)"These kinds of posts are a chance for me to stop and reflect. First, if you’re a regular reader of this blog, I appreciate you. Second, you may remember a certain photograph of me standing in front of a mirror, flexing my bicep, and smiling. I looked a bit crazed, and my friends roasted me […]
Read more "Stronger"You know I love to reflect. It’s time for the annual birthday post, the one where I look back at the year, and occasionally self-audit. I’m writing this post in early August, and even though I still have a few weeks, I was feeling inspired by this topic. Maybe it’s because it’s starting to feel […]
Read more "36"It’s a choice. I took a peak at the most recent Happiness post, part IV. I wrote it in 2018, and although there were some parts I liked: happiness being an inside job, surrounding yourself with good people, getting adequate sleep, etc., I wanted to start fresh. I may repeat some things I’ve written before, […]
Read more "Happiness, Revisited (Part V)"Life is messy, and I don’t pretend to be any different. I’ve come to embrace the fact that I am flawed. My life journey has been chaotic, and in some ways, I am afraid of coming across as too polished. I don’t want to seem too put together because I know that’s not my truth. […]
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