How to deal when your breakup was only a month ago. My ex-boyfriend asked me out on Valentine’s in 2015. We broke up on January 19th this year. Photo by Gades Photography on Unsplash Photo by Gades Photography on Unsplash I spent most of the day on Valentine’s wondering if I was supposed to be upset. There are plenty of people out … Continue reading A Ghost Valentine’s
Struggling when it matters. Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash Without going into too many details, it’s important to know that I’m having a lot of trouble writing today. There are a couple reasons why, and I could write a whole article about that. Maybe I will, some other day. But today. Today I am struggling. It shouldn’t be important. … Continue reading The Self-Imposed Deadline
And I hate it so much. Picture courtesy of free photo library PX Here It’s funny, no one has ever told me my writing is bad. All my life, people seem to believe in me, seem to see in me an author I’ve never actually been. (Being an author would mean you’ve been published.) Not one single time has someone … Continue reading I Know I’m an Average Writer
Or, rather, can I? Photo by Christian Stahl on Unsplash Today it’ll be one week since my boyfriend of four years and I broke up. Thankfully, it was extremely amicable, as neither of us can afford somewhere else to live. Even if we could, it would take time to arrange or set up. So today marks … Continue reading Can You Cohabitate with Your Ex?
This is not like the experiences I’ve had before. Photo by Brendan Church on Unsplash I’m going to be really honest in this post. My significant other of four years and I broke up today. Truly, this morning, at breakfast, over eggs. And I’m actually okay. I never thought I could have a breakup that didn’t devastate me. In … Continue reading Breakups Seem Different at 25
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Confidence is the new 30. Photo by sydney Rae on Unsplash Earlier this week someone called me a smart, capable, self-possessed young woman. I found this to be a strange experience. To quote the (amazing) comedian John Mulaney: “I know all that! How do you know all that?”John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City It’s taken me twenty-five years … Continue reading A Quarter Life Crisis
[Fiction] A piece of flash fiction about grief and the difficult work we have to do for ourselves. Picture courtesy of free photo library PX Here I’ve been planning this day for weeks and I’m still not sure how to face it. Your clothes stare me down in our closet, far over the dividing line, pushing mine … Continue reading Your Clothes are Still Here
Picture courtesy of free photo library PX Here Do you believe everyone has a purpose? No, I don’t mean a destiny, a soulmate, or a will to live. I mean a purpose. Do you believe everyone has work they’re supposed to do? Something of value to pursue before their time here is done? In 2018 … Continue reading Not All Resolutions Come in January
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