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.Circles and Shields – Few of My Favorite Things
What are your two favorite things to wear? I am a creature of habit. There are some things that, once I’ve defined them, become touchstones to get me through the day. Totems to either bring me luck or shield me against the world. These are a few of my favorite things.
The Woman That I Used to Know
Oh boy. I did not need to see that photo notification today. Life has a way of reminding you of how insignificant you are. How meaningless any progress you made might be because the past is there to haunt you like a vengeful ghost. Such a gut check happened to me today.
No Trespassing: A Field Guide to Boundaries
A field guide to setting boundaries with toxic family, from someone who's been overruled, gaslit, and managed by committee. Five rules, zero apologies.
I Like to Walk Because I Can
I like to walk because I can. I see people who can't and I will not take these fully functioning legs for granted. For as long as they continue to carry me.
Love, a Secondhand Emotion
I don’t remember being in love. I was thinking about it the other day, thinking about when the ex and I started dating, and I don’t remember the feeling I must have had of being in this all-consuming passion for another person.
