Wheel of Misfortune: I’d Like to Solve the Puzzle
Spent a month in a slump with no obvious cause. Turns out my tone-deaf best friend was the puzzle. A reckoning with friendship asymmetry in midlife.
Improper Expectations
We had only been in Guatemala two weeks, and my mother had already asked me three times if I was happy to be here. And each time I gave her the same answer: Yes, I was happy to be here.
Me, Myself, and He Who Shall Not Be Named
Questioning the trifecta of personal issues: my non-relationship status, my identity, and am I still obsessed with the ex?
Letting Go of Self-Sabotage
An experience in fourth grade that was both good and bad. Years later I am still learning to let go of self-sabotage.
