Question for the group: What are your feelings about January 2020? I’ve talked to a bunch of people about this and it seems like January set a certain kind of tone. A strong tone. Like,
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I’m just here for the bagels
I love mornings. And I hate waking up early. Like, truly loathe it. Anything that starts with a 5? Nope. Not happening. I’ve spent years trying to wake up at 6am to write or read
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See you in January!
We are nearly two weeks into December, which means it’s probably a little late to tell you that I’m taking the month off. But it’s a true story! December always flies by, and aside from
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On being a little more present
Sometimes I love nearly everything about life. A few examples from yesterday: The wrinkles on my dad’s head that can clearly be seen through his wispy white-red hair The absurd five-alarm-fire sound of the telephone
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On buying a couch
Somehow, it’s almost the end of fall. Or at least the end of the three-month block I labeled as fall. There were more than a few things on my original Fall List that fell to
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On sneaky habits and small changes
Penn Station at 8:30am on a weekday is a little bit like a mall on Black Friday. Not even a mall. It’s like Walmart at midnight on Black Friday back in the Tickle Me Elmo
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On running
At the start of every week, I plan to run three times. And at the end of every week, I have usually run less than one time. Sometimes once; twice if I’m on a real
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The way you carry it
When I first started taking the train to NYC for work every week, I’d stuff all of my belongings in my everyday purse. It’s a slightly larger bag, though not of the used-to-be-trendy oversized variety.
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On the technical challenge of life
My mom and I cruised through the new season of The Great British Baking Show over the weekend. This was mostly due to the fact that I finally restored their Netflix connection while I was
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On beauty and chaos, otherwise known as real life
Jenny and I went to a lantern festival on Sunday night, and it was both out-of-this-world beautiful and exactly like real life. When we arrived and picked up our lanterns, we received: 1) a paper