Midlife Musings
Fortysomething. If my life were a TV show, that would be the title, and these are the episodes. Or maybe I am just having an episode.
Everything they don't put in the brochure for your 40s. Work situations that make your blood boil, body changes nobody prepared you for, pop culture opinions held with unreasonable conviction, and the general absurdity of being a grown woman who still hasn't figured out what she wants to be when she grows up. Honest, unfiltered, and occasionally petty in ways that are entirely justified.-
Birthday Fail • A Historical Review of Why I Hate Birthdays
My birthday peaked at age six. Everything since has been a documented disaster. 10 reasons I stopped caring about my birthday entirely.
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Strong Enough – Not Just Lyrics to Another Song
I don’t spend a lot of time talking about myself or my personal life/background at work. Not that I am trying to be mysterious, but why would I?
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Achievement Unlocked: Back to Work and Getting My Shit Together
I never thought that work would have such an impact on my life. As it turns out, it did have a huge impact, and getting hired has relieved me of the uncertainty that was causing a lot of stress in my life. Not to mention injected a booster shot of confidence in myself and my abilities. Basically I feel like a fucking adult.
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Why I’m Missing Out – Stuck on the Edge of the Dating Pool
Six years ago, in a state fourteen hundred miles away, I got divorced. I don’t know what I expected to feel many years later, but this isn’t it. I had no specific hopes that I would be all extra assertive and shit, comfortable flexing my singlehood and meeting men.
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Treading Water in a Pool of Misery – Abandoned by a Stranger
Today I had the rug pulled out from under me. At the start of the day someone dropped an information bomb on me and my insides sank. I’ve been trying to climb out of this pit of despair all day to no avail. But for all of this to make sense, I have to start a the beginning, so let’s go back to 2018.
