Category: Uncategorized
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Self Dilution
There was a marked change in how I presented myself to the world in 2018. I started to feel the viselike grip of others’ perception of myself in a way that I allowed to smother me. Since then, I have become smaller and filtered out, a weaker version of who…
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Long Distance Besties and the Sanctity of the Phone Call
I love to hear my friend’s voices. It brings me such joy and delight to hear their inflections, their emotions, the swell of laughter as it bubbles up, the wistfulness or derision when discussing others. Now that I live overseas, such immense time can go by between calls. Lives become…
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Yearning: A Thought
I am taking a break, going celibate, practicing mindful abstinence Why? For the same reasons any else has ever done it. I have lost my way and the feeling of connection. A reset and focus on myself and what drives me will remind me of who I am. Bring me…
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Like I Never Left
Only I really did. Working on building my own commitment and sustainability as I strive to achieve new things in my life. I am sitting in at a little airport café in Verona, Italy, wondering how life can feel so normal and inconsequential, while I am experiencing things that hundreds…
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On Friendship Breakups
What do you do when someone you care so deeply about reveals that they have been unhappy in your shared relationship for months? When they state that they don’t like who you are and no longer want to be around you? Completely blindsided, you apologize profusely and earnestly, seek to…
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On Obsessive Crushes
Well, I did it again. I started crushing WAY too hard after a couple dates and romanticized someone that wasn’t worth my time. To be fair to them, I had verbalized outloud to myself that I wouldn’t let myself fixate, and that I would leave them as a beautiful memory…
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On Side Hustles & Internet Safety
I was tricked and bamboozled into virtually babysitting. I have been working on a virtual website to teach English for a few weeks and recently gained two new students, 11-year old twins. They are quite sweet and energetic, so the struggle has of course been finding ways to keep learning…
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Match My Freak
Looking for someone that loves unabashedly Someone that has a geeky hyperfixation Someone that is up for anything Someone that adores cooking Someone that has causes they believe in That cares deeply Someone that works hard towards their own progress That speaks more than English That finds solace in the…
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Living the Lover Girl Lifestyle
What is romance in 2024? Is it sexting via IG? Is it getting grabbed by strangers at bars? Is it getting ghosted by the few people you’re actually interested in? I am grasping at straws out in these streets. It is a dark time to be soft and loving in…
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On Online Tutoring: Joining the Scam of the Gig Economy
I recently started tutoring English online, as a former teacher and TEFL-certified educator. What a load of crock. The commission is 33% and all trial lessons are 100% commission. It’s highway robbery, especially given that the trial lessons can be 50mins long. It is a huge misfortune that I am…
