I spent the entirety of last week bragging about Tuesday night. I was going to spend it with a good friend in Brooklyn, listening to Gloria Steinem speak. I was not shy about divulging my awesome plans to others-- often raising my arms to the sky and saying, “What, what!” But my “whats” fell on …
Category: Living
Gerascophobia – The Fear of Getting Older
It's hard to tell if I am an official gerascophobe or just damn close, but whatever the case, I'm afraid of getting older and more so than the average person. I have been this way since I turned 16. Up until that point I had always wanted to be older. I wanted freedom. I wanted to …
#FLAWED
Being self aware has its benefits. Being self aware is also so soul sucking at times that I think my head is going to spin around a la The Exorcist. I can't live a single day without considering my choices, wondering if I am doing this thing called living correctly, if I am doing enough, …
Being a Woman: I Did It All Wrong
I've been spending a lot of my time thinking about women. More specifically, what it means to be a woman and how I interact with other women. I think about the single moms that I know, the athletes that I know, the single women, the coupled women, the women I work with, the women I …
How Do I Build a Meaningful Life?
My first post after a long hiatus and I find myself deeply changed but not yet able to cope with those changes, or what they mean, or how they will alter the course of my life. What I am trying to learn, what I think we all wish to ultimately achieve in one way or …
