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I can’t figure out if I want to buy a house or, if I do, what kind of house I want to buy. I think I mentioned that R and I are house hunting? Yeah, I did. So really this should be what kind of house I want us to buy but there’s a u in us so I’m allowed to work it out a little first, …
Somewhere around September I announced to myself that I was going to stop blogging in 2017. This marks the 10th year of 20-Nothings. 10 is a nice round number. 10 and people say, wow, 10 years of blogging. This blog has been an awesome outlet for my creativity, great launching point for my writing career and helpful way to establish and grow my brand. I find it …
Dear Sheryl, Hi. I’m Jessie Rosen – a huge fan of your work and your person. I was moved and motivated by Lean In. I recommend it often – to women and men – and I refer to it when I’m trying to remember how to harness my power given the challenging climate for women in America. You have become a powerful role model for women, and that …
It dawned on me Tuesday of last week that I have been wasting a lot of time, but then I kept on wasting it for a whole additional week because wasting time is very fun. And yet there is nothing more annoying (aka less fun) to me than the thought of time wasted. Is that ironic? Mid-90s Alanis Morissette would probably say yes, but I’ll …
I spent all last week furious with Grammy-winning recording artist Alicia Keys and my husband (R) – for the same reason. No. They didn’t have an affair. If R had an affair with Alicia Keys I would be deeply sad but also very impressed and somewhat jealous. It would be an incredibly conflicted emotional time in my life. Right now I’m not conflicted, I’m mad. …
I’ve been thinking a lot about heroes lately – what it means to be one, what it means to have one and who a few of mine have been. Yes, it’s this endless election that triggered the thought. But it isn’t because a hero of mine is leaving the White House and another is very likely entering. It’s because a hero gave me my love …
A little story about how my self love almost sabotaged my coffee love I started drinking coffee when I was 15 years old. That was the summer I got my very first job at Coffee & Cream, the new coffee shop in town where they sold Chai, which was the poke of 1999. You can’t work at a coffee shop without drinking the coffee because A. it’s sort …
A few weeks ago my therapist asked me what I feel like I need. It’s a weird question out of context. Not what do you need for this session? Or what do you need to get through this work week? or what do you need to really feel like your wardrobe is complete? (solid brown leather belt, black cashmere crew neck). Just what do you feel like you need? We talk a …
I wasn’t going to write about the recent Vogue article I’m An Adult Woman, And I Call My Mother Three Times a Day because I didn’t know what to say. Well, that’s not true. I didn’t like what I had to say and didn’t think 50+ % of my friends would either. I don’t call my mother three times a day. There are days when I …
Re-pubbing this 2012 piece in honor of the start to Fantasy Football season. I am proud to say that I am now a minimally engaged player of this pretend game that has me actually stressed. Post to come on my experiences during the season. For now, a bit of history: — I’m insanely jealous of fantasy football. Every single year groups of mostly male friends …