It’s January 1st. It’s just before 5pm, and I’m snuggled under a blanket writing this post.   If I’m being honest, today has NOT been the day I thought it was going to be.   Three days ago, Jon tested positive for COVID. Our plans quickly changed as we decided to do the full 11-hour […]

November felt like it lasted 10 years but also 10 seconds. Maybe that’s because I spent a LOT of time in introspection during this past month. There were lots of thought downloads, moody midday walks. There was also a HUGE amount of excitement this month, which makes things feel fast. My goal that I set […]

It’s November 1st, 6:34 AM. I’m sitting on my couch in my dim living room, drinking the first peppermint mocha of the season. The whole world is quiet, and I think to myself — Wow, I really needed this. October was a whirlwind for me, in a really good way. I kicked off the month […]

I had high hopes for the month of August. August is my birthday month, and usually because of that I normally get a touch of the “fresh start” vibes that typically light up the new year for me. It’s usually a month of big emotions because birthdays make me existential and a little bit weepy, […]

I feel different than I did one month ago. On July 8th, I started the Frequency Project. I picked four core habits and four core qualities to focus on. I made them REALLY tiny this time. I asked Jon (my partner) about what habits he thought made the biggest impact on my mental health, and […]

Every year, we spend the 4th of July with my partner’s parents. They own a house on a lake in rural Indiana, and so we pack up our things, drive 10 hours, and settle in for two or sometimes three weeks to work remotely and reset. Last year, at this time, I was working a […]

Before a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, it digests itself. Yup. That’s right. According to Scientific American, “If you were to cut open a cocoon or chrysalis at just the right time, caterpillar soup would ooze out.” That pretty much describes me this month. Caterpillar soup. A straight up pile of goo. When I entered 2022, […]