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I can see the tiny ‘like’ notifications piling up under the comment on my Instagram post. 12, 13, 14 likes. And honestly? I get it. Because the comment is so, so relatable. Who among us hasn’t done this? Who hasn’t spent weeks or months...
“Welp, I’m pretty sure I know how this is going to go,” I think grimly as I click the send button. It’s mid-April and we’re in the midst of a pandemic, sweeping layoffs, and a gathering storm of anxiety. I’m telling my email list about a live round...
“But I want it to be custom designed. And I need to change the font. And also maybe I need real headshots?” It’s 2008 and I’m sitting on a futon in my “garden level” (read: basement) apartment, talking at my then-boyfriend about the blog I want to...
For the ninth night in a row, it’s 3 am and I’m glaring at my ceiling. Narrowing my eyes at the light fixture I don’t like and counting my worries like they're sheep. Like most of us, my anxieties have multiplied like wet gremlins over the last...
I stare at the pink, arrow-shaped post-it note on my laptop that reminds me to look into the camera. Blink, blink. On the other side of the country, my coaching client is nibbling a piece of whole wheat toast and telling me about her overpacked...
When she sends me the “I want to burn this place down” gif from Mad Men I know I need to actually call her - rather than send the usual series of heart and strong arm emojis. “What’s up?” I ask. I know things have been less-than-ideal in my...
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