I think we’ve accidentally turned “risk-averse” into a personality trait when, for a lot of people, it’s actually a temporary survival strategy. You hear someone say they don’t want to leave the relationship, switch careers, move to a new...
Most people don’t wake up one morning and decide to settle. Nobody sits at their kitchen table drinking coffee thinking, “You know what? I’d really love a relationship that’s fine. Not great. Not terrible. Just enough to keep me moving toward a...
Most people don’t realize they’re grieving until they catch themselves missing a life they never actually had. It’s a weird experience when you think about it. You’re not mourning a person. You’re not mourning a place. You’re...
Have you ever noticed that nobody can actually agree on what women should do with their lives, yet everyone seems weirdly confident they should have done it by now? I’m serious. Get married, but don’t settle. Build a career, but don’t become too...
Some people didn’t grow up with childhoods. They grew up with performance reviews. More in the “we just want you to succeed” kind of way that sounds supportive on paper and quietly rewires your entire nervous system around achievement before your frontal lobe ever...
You ever notice how some people can make a completely normal life decision and still feel like they need to submit supporting documentation to the group chat? Like they can’t just say: “I think this is right for me.” No, now we need context. Clarification....
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