My Oldest Child Is 18, and I Am Not Emotionally Prepared
My Oldest Child Is 18, and I am not emotionally prepared for that sentence. I knew this birthday was coming, obviously. Birthdays tend to follow a…
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I Still Call Myself a Gamer Even When I Barely Have Time to Play
Gaming as an adult looks very different from the version of gaming I remember having time for. I still call myself a gamer, although that occasionally…
I Would Practice Self-Care, but Everyone Keeps Asking Me Where Things Are
There is a version of realistic self-care that exists almost entirely on the internet. In that version, you light a candle, take a long bath, put…
Nobody Warns You That Your 30s Might Require a Complete Character Respec
When I pictured my thirties, I thought this was supposed to be the part where everything finally settled down. Apparently, reinventing yourself in your 30s was…
Welcome to Narratively Inconvenient: Life Not Going According to Plan
I had a plan. It was not a perfect plan, and it definitely was not one of those color-coded, laminated five-year plans with quarterly goals and…