When I was about eighteen, I brought a picture of Shay Mitchell to my hair stylist before a haircut, since she and I both have thick, dark hair. Eighteen is very young to have to learn the lesson that I learned that day*, which is that despite having similar hair texture, Shay Mitchell and I… Continue reading A reference image for my therapist
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Life Skills
Every month, there’s some tweet authored by a teenager, commenting on the wide berth between the skills taught in K-12 education, and those required to function as a real adult. My school attempted to bridge this gap with a mandatory class called Life Skills that we took senior year. I wasn’t sure what to expect… Continue reading Life Skills
Welcome to… Back to School Month
I am on the record as having said that learning someone was popular in high school makes me like them significantly less. So it will likely come to you as no surprise that I didn’t have the easiest time in high school. Like a lot of late bloomers, I have a fraught relationship with my… Continue reading Welcome to… Back to School Month
Alternate Realities
At the end of February, just over a week before stay at home orders were put in place, I attended a college career fair on behalf of my company. Reflecting on that day, when I shook hands with what felt like a million college students, standing a mere foot and a half away from them,… Continue reading Alternate Realities
Focus Pocus [Day 07/100]
I've struggled with my attention span and general sense of focus for a very long time, and being stuck at home all day rotating between four screens (TV, phone, work computer, personal computer) has not helped my case. In fact, it's gotten so bad that some Tik Toks feel impossible to get through. In the… Continue reading Focus Pocus [Day 07/100]
Disaster Preparedness
Or, how I claw my way out of the depths of despair when things start to go wrong. For as long as I can remember, my mom has begged me, and our entire family, to put together a bag of essentials in case of emergency. She's not wrong, as we live in California, where earthquakes… Continue reading Disaster Preparedness
I’m 24 now
I turned twenty-four a few days ago. On that day, I discovered an old Tweet that made me contemplate my life journey (didn't have too many birthday plans, clearly). When I was eighteen years old, I had just started my first job as a receptionist at a gym. I had decided to go to a… Continue reading I’m 24 now
