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I vaguely remember seeing this piece by Anne Helen Petersen a couple years ago (about the “portal” you enter in your late 30s-mid 40s), maybe even reading it – or starting to read it – and it just didn’t resonate. She published that piece in October 2023, and I was 38. I had just gotten…
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Outsidey, not Outdoorsey I don’t come from a camping family. My dad was in the navy, and loves a good Weber grill. However “hardy”, “outdoorsy” – these aren’t words that come to mind when I think of him. My mom’s dad liked to fish; his son (Peter) also loved to spend time outdoors, boating, fishing,…
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Before I dive in to this recipe, I feel it incumbent upon me to acknowledge that I only post here like once a year at this point haha. I just within the last few months took on a new job and quit my old one and for the first time in a long time, I’m…
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I finally did it, guys! I gave my notice at the salon and will quit doing hair (at least for the time being) at the end of March. I’ve waffled back and forth on this for, oh, the last 3 years. Many of my friends and family and fellow stylists have listened and commiserated and…
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I loved this piece I read this weekend from the chef Yotam Ottolenghi about the fine line between “ease” and “easy” in cooking. I just came off a weekend full of food prep, baking, and cooking that completely exhausted me. Nothing I did was particularly difficult or strenuous – I used a cupcake recipe that…
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Revisiting a favorite article from last year (which you should also read) about emotional labor, I was struck with the thought: how did this article go down at home? How did her husband feel about essentially being an unsympathetic subject in her piece? I don’t mean to say I’m disapproving or super concerned about…
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how men treat women. Obviously, a bevy of sexual harassment accusations have been all over the news recently. It’s been genuinely confusing and mystifying (but also gratifying) to see these stories suddenly given wall-to-wall coverage, to see at least some people finally facing consequences for their actions. It’s…
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Psst…I did a maybe-weird thing where I recorded this for the more audibly-inclined of you. Have a listen: Always searching for the next thing. If I’m too busy, I think what I am missing is free time. If I have too much free time, I think I must be missing opportunities, or not making…
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Upon opening my personal email this morning, I realized I somehow went the entire weekend – since Thurs actually – without checking it. No wonder this weekend had been so lovely and restorative, even though I worked both Sat and Sun! It’s crazy to me what a difference simply unplugging for a bit (intentional or…
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Kendall and I got in the stupidest spat last night. Just after reading news of Debbie Reynold’s passing one day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher’s, death, I was lamenting what a garbage year 2016 has been. He pointed out that celebrity deaths don’t affect him much and implied they shouldn’t affect me so much. I…
