In Defense of Your Ex

Everything deflated like a balloon. That’s what it felt like to be broken up with. It wasn’t devastating. My identity remained unaltered in her absence, but the air went out. …

Power Struggles

I can be a bull in a china shop. That can lead to power struggles.

Notes on Loneliness

Moments way before this one stung with my loneliness. My entire adolescence, the wake of disappointments in college, the year I moved to another city and it didn’t work out. …

Privilege in a Pandemic

The world is facemasks and ventilators. We are a globe of 7 billion six feet apart. CDC updates roar in as the US leads the COVID 19 virus totals. Busy …

The Reunion

I ignored that loss, never grieved someone whose existence I never acknowledged.

It Goes On

Robert Frost was right. An essay on disappointment, persistence, and why.

The Influencer Trap

We’ve already forgotten about the Caroline Calloway events of last year, but it’s only a matter of time before another influencer falls.

Non-Traditional Milestones (or) I’m not where I thought I’d be by 26

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Indecisive

I’m bad at deciding.

A Disabuse of Distance

Probably one of the more embarrassing posts I’ve ever written. That’s what makes it honest.