I’m newish to BeReal, and I like it, but wow, we work all the time BeReal is a platform with little engagement, only a post once per day, and about the lowest-investment social media I’ve ever seen. (This is the only reason friends could get me to try it.) I…

Why we should all read philosophy — just not the listicle kind — I studied philosophy (yes, I’m aware this is why I’m still broke) as my second major in undergrad. I stuck with it even though I knew all you could do with it was teach and that I would never survive the weird insularity of getting a PhD in the subject. …

Avoiding self-immolation in the balance between living fully and keeping your tiny human alive — School nights are tough on a parent alone. By the time all is said and chores done there’s barely a second to breathe and it’s bedtime. It’s a change from summer, when my six-year-old daughter and I woke up slowly each morning, ate, savored the morning and spent hours making…

If you don’t feel it, it will kill you Single parenting is full of little resentments. When they’re young, it’s never being able to take a shit or a shower alone, sleep through the night, wake up when you want. When they’re older, it’s never being able to let someone…

A piece of hard-earned advice for single parents who finally feel a little stable Some days, I think I have it all. A fulfilling career where I work remotely and am my own boss. A team of great people. A sweet little apartment in a cute little city. A relatively…

It might be time to quit your old dreams, so you can make room for new ones Even my dreams are subject to capitalism these days. I’ve got four or five side hustle projects I’ve been carrying around for years. They sit on my to do lists, being moved from…

And what you can do instead If you’re already feeling overwhelmed that we’re six weeks away from 2023 and the holiday shitshow is kicking your ass, consider just…not. Not doing an annual review on your life like it’s a workplan you haven’t updated in six months. Not putting your life…

That main character energy thing probably isn’t as easy as you think When you’re at the end of the first stage of parenting, when you’re filling out college applications and teaching them how to pay bills and survive, there are these moments in between the sadness and wonder where you finally begin to think about what you will be when they leave…

I see you beautiful writers out there, fitting into tiny boxes in the hopes of making a living. I see you out there, Josh, writing org psych leadership pieces instead of the essays on political systems that make your fingers itch to write. I see you out there, Peter, writing…