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I wanted to create a site that blended humor, insight, truth, and tips for what it means to navigate your thirties. It's a time in your life where you know who you are as an individual, but are still in a place of transition whether it be career-wise, relationship-wise, and family-wise.

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Endings

The woman who has cleaned my house nearly every week for the past six years is cleaning my house for the last time today. This is a weird...

New Year Traditions

For better or worse (and sometimes better and worse), I am one of those people who loves celebrating the new year. Now that I’m not in...

Diary of a Working Mom on Winter Break

Disclaimer: I wanted to write, but I didn't want it to feel like "work". This is the result and is not my actual journal. Monday My dog...

fragments of an eclipse

I’m sorry. I know what I said was fucked up That’s what you said before and the time before that I’m tired. I’m over it. I need space....

Viva La Slowvoultion

“Slow Down” We hear it all the time, but how many of us actually take this advice to heart? With so much to do, so much to see, so much...

Birthdays

I used to love celebrating my birthday. As a kid, I celebrated with both my grandfather whose birthday was the day after mine, and my...

Battling the Myth of Not Being Good Enough

I haven’t blogged in awhile. Understandably, there’s been a lot going on (divorce, pandemic, working single mom struggles, anxiety...

A Week from Hell

I took my four year old to the courthouse so I could be surrounded by people who felt the same anger and fear I felt about the leaked...

Life Is Tough, but so Am I

Note: It's ironic-- as I'm about to post this my eyes are filled with tears for the third time this morning, and it's only 11.30am. So, I...

Having It All During Covid Times (except a blog)

A few weeks ago, there was a NY Times article with the headline, “In the Covid-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or a Job. You Can’t Have...

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