Living
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Too Many Zebras Wearing Pink
Even if you’re not the same age as me, I think many of you will recognize that there are patterns in our lives by the decade. Although our trajectories were different, when I look back, we were all basically doing the same thing. Kind of like parallel play in preschool, throughout my life, the people I surrounded myself with were hitting the same big life landmarks as I was. In my twenties, it was all about adulting – college, grad school or getting a job. Writing a resume, getting an internship, working long hours, and staying out late. The world was our stage. And somehow mixed into all of this…
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Curiosity is my new Superpower
I have spent my life working hard, attempting to balance the stress of a busy professional life with trying to raise 3 good humans of my own, while at the same time nurturing my relationship with my husband. This hard work has brought me great success, but left very little time for myself. People would often say to me, “you’re a supermom”, I guess because I always seemed to keep things in balance? And to keep this illusion of balance, I became a consummate multi-tasker, always managing to keep the balls in the air. I always assumed that was my super-power. But there is a video of my kids, I…
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Where is the green grass?
The grass is always greener, right? I’ve been ruminating on this for the past few weeks. Why do we use this phrase to placate ourselves when we covet something that someone else has? Is it something we tell ourselves to justify the guilt we feel over choices made, or not made, because we can take pity on ourselves that what others have is better than what we have. Does it allow us to feel ok being unsatisfied with what we have right in front of us, and put most of the “blame” so to speak, into the cosmos, as if life somehow makes the grass greener over there. How…
