What I learned about myself when I cleaned out my storage unit — Like many of us, the events of 2020 threw me into an entirely new way of living. I got tele-married in my living room, had a baby, then moved from San Francisco to a 1940’s farmhouse in Georgia. My tiny studio apartment in San Francisco was home for nearly 12…

A journey through my relationship with alcohol, why it ended, and how I quit. — Something I’ve learned is that when you say you don’t drink, people either question your choice, or they ask a lot of questions. “Why quit if you don’t have a problem?” Society has taught us to equate a “drinking problem” with alcoholism, but you don’t have to be an addict…

My 2018 Annual Reading List Update For most of 2018, I had a daily 1.5-hour train commute to and from my San Francisco home, so needless to say, I got in a lot of reading. …

It’s not you, it’s me. I was a junior in college when Facebook made its way from the halls of Harvard to the University of Colorado at Boulder. …

6:45 am: My alarm blasts an overly peppy tune, waking me out of an absurd but exciting dream. I feel confused for a second. Why it is going off so early on a Sunday? …

An observational meditation — You don’t know how beautiful you are. Sitting there. In the window, waiting. The sun streams through the window turning you into a silhouette against an egg blue sky. Cotton…

To the Dad Tearing Up Over Unspilt Chocolate Milk — I saw you today. Your body was firmly planted in the corner of the cafe but you were somewhere else. Both eyes were glazed over and you moved on autopilot, one hand rocking a sleeping newborn and the other holding a box of chocolate milk. Your eyes were teary, lost…