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This blog post is arriving way later today than I intended for it to arrive. For some reason the big 7-0-0 sent me into a tizzy – what to write? what to say? what to feel? 20-Nothings.com has been around since 2007. Somehow that feels like both a mere 25 and the full 700 posts ago. At previous hund-o markers, I’ve reflected on how the …
–> The topic of turning 30 in 1.5 years came up over dinner with a bunch of my girlfriends last night. It’s a topic that’s coming up all too frequently these days, though I imagine it will get even worse in, say, 0.5 years. For better or worse, it’s major life milestones like turning 30 that make you question where you’re going, and if you’re …
Last week I spoke with a woman who runs a website for soon-to-be college graduates about my own post-grad experience. She asked me questions about what I did right, what I did wrong, and what I would advise today’s 22-year-olds to do. The whole experience made me realize that I am not 22-years-old..not by a long shot. Since then I’ve been particularly aware of the …
This Sunday the New York Times published a fantastic article about an important trend from an interesting angle. I was so proud of them. I recommend reading Sherry Turkle’s entire piece: The Flight From Conversation – a look at how our attachment to devices (the “i suite” and more) have made us more connected, but less conversational. It’s interesting, and scary, and true. For my …
On Saturday R, my Mom (who was visiting from New Jersey) and I worked on the back patio at our new apartment. We made incredible progress for one afternoon – placed outdoor carpets, bought flowers, shifted the table and chair to create a dining vs. lounging space. It looked fantastic. On Sunday afternoon I found the one area of the backyard not yet decorated and …
On Saturday morning around 10:00AM I took a Zumba class at 3rd Street Dance – the relic of a dance studio two blocks from my new apartment. On Saturday morning around 11:05AM I decided to write this blog post. See, here’s the thing…s. I hate to exercise, in the traditional sense. I was never an athlete, and I didn’t belong to a gym until I …
I apologize in advance for the drunken sailor-like language contained within this post. Time: approx 8:45 AM Location: bathroom mirror State of Mind: neutral (leans in close to mirror to apply Neutrogena tinted moisturizer) Wait. Whoa. Is that?…. Wait. Lemme (shifts strands around at hairline). Is it??? (shifts more strange). No. It’s not. It can’t be. (more shifting). OHMYGODITHINKITIS. (brings entire face within 1 centimeter …
Several weeks ago I wrote a post about the many things I learned by taking four kids under the age of 10 to Disneyland. It was inspired by the 10+ hour day R and I spent with his sister, brother-and-law and their four kids under the age of 10. Today I’m filing a different post on a similar theme. This time it’s a reflection on …
I have a friend who just announced that she’s pregnant with her third child. She runs a flourishing business that she started in her early 20s. She’s successfully breaking into several other fields based on her diverse passions. She recently renovated her entire house. Aaanndd she’s only 1.5 years older than I am. It would appear as though waiting until her career was established to …
A very disturbing thing occurred to me around hour 2.33 of the 84th Annual Academy Awards. It started as a sort of dull head ache. It wasn’t a sinus head ache (back of the eyes) or a hunger headache (for me, somewhere between the temples and the back of the neck). It was more like a woozy head ache, kind of like the way your …