9 Signs Your Bucket List Has Evolved into a Death Tour
Why midlife dreams start looking less like skydiving and more like finally learning Icelandic
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So, I Guess We Use AI to Talk to Each Other Online Now
What happens when comments, replies, and internet conversation become machine-assisted
On Spring, Wuthering Heights, and a Few Personal Things
A brief update on life — something I just don't do enough anymore
By 50, You’re Done With More Than You Think
What changes for women in midlife and why you stop tolerating things that used to feel normal
On Christina Applegate, Nostalgia, and Common Connections
Every so often, something reminds me that people have so much more in common than otherwise
Take the Picture, Because You'll Forget More Than You Think
What a bizarrely calm bird taught me about memory, detail, and proof
Stop Trying to Care About Things You’re Done With
Why interest fades, what to do when it does, and why people push back
I'm Not an April Fool's Person
On pranks, awkward social scripts, and quietly stepping out of the joke
This Is Not the Audience I Ordered
A writer’s take on audience mismatch, parasocial weirdness, and platform logic that doesn’t add up
Somewhere Between Winter and Whatever Comes Next
Turning fifty, rearranging a life, and letting the space tell the truth
5 Small, Strange Habits Every Longtime Writer Develops
From mentally editing restaurant menus to collecting odd bits of dialogue for future stories
What I'd Grab in the Criterion Closet
A short list of long obsessions
Life
Eleven-Year-Old Me Had a Plan
What she got wrong about adulthood and what she understood better than I did
Life
What I Kept, What I Threw Away, and Why It Mattered
On cleaning out our house, reclaiming a space, and choosing the present
Internet
I Don't Want to Be Discovered. I Want to Be Understood
Reflections on visibility, proximity, and what creative recognition really costs
Internet
The Difference Between Having a Thought and Publishing It
How I decide when to stop writing and close the tab
Movies
Jim Carrey, Andy Kaufman, and the Art of Letting People Squirm
A love letter to social experiments, good-natured trolling, and intentional confusion
Internet
Everyone Clicks the Personal Blog
And I think I've finally stopped wondering why
Internet
Being Seen Is Not the Same as Being Available
On attention, assumption, and choosing where access ends
Life
What I’m Doing When I Don’t Have Much to Give
Keeping commitments and maintaining creative connection during an intense stretch
Personal Development
You Don't Need a "New You" in the Dead of Winter
Rethinking January’s obsession with reinvention
Life
Life, Slightly Out of Order
A quiet check-in during a slightly unsettled stretch
Creativity
The Joy of Not Explaining Yourself
What happens when you stop rushing to make your ideas legible
Freelancing
Being Honest Without Making Yourself Unhireable
What freelancers get wrong about authenticity, vulnerability, and public writing