Mobilized
Just a short post to share how I’m trying to contribute to the war effort, and maybe you can share your own thoughts and ideas.
Author: A Friend
Heartache
There is really nothing to say. I had a bunch of posts in mind over Y”T and nothing seems appropriate for this moment. It is such a painful, painful time for all of us. When unspeakably horrible and infuriating events happen, it does have the effect of “right-sizing” everything else, not to minimize but just to provide perspective of what …
I’m an Older Single – AMA
This post is inspired by the AMA (ask me anything) trend on imamother.com (a website I enjoy perusing for mild entertainment value, yummy-sounding menus, and reasons to be grateful for the problems I do have, oy). In the spirit of an actual AMA, I posed a number of…candid questions to myself that the clueless-but-curious might want answered about the life …
Your Ideas
Since I wrote this about losing my list of post ideas, I have published more than 80 posts! Woah, amazing — the stream of ideas continues to flow. At the same time, I am curious to hear what you would like to read about. Maybe something revisiting a topic, or something I haven’t addressed yet, or something random for fun? …
Things You Can Do Even If You’re Single
Hello, all. I hope you had a meaningful Yom Kippur. This time of year – new beginnings, Yom Tov, family time – often brings up emotions, so in that spirit, I present a companion post to “Things you don’t have to do just because you’re single.”
Gmar Chasima Tova!
I want to wish all my readers a gmar chasima tova and a gut gebencht yuhr! My friend sent me this beautiful article about making your pitch to Hashem. Also, I learned this week in Kitzur Shulchan Aruch that we are told to be happy and enjoy Motzoei Yom Kippur and the days between Yom Kippur and Succos — Hashem …
Voicenotes
Last night I searched for something in Whatsapp and went down a rabbit hole rereading past conversations, as one does. Since most of my lengthier text-based conversations are punctuated by voicenotes, I started listening to those, too. Hearing voicenotes from the past year or two was like listening to an auditory montage of my emotional experience. I heard my voice …
Where You Work, Again
Thinking about work, in the vein of yesterday’s post. Six years ago I wrote about how lonely I was being the only frum person where I worked and how happy I was to change jobs to work with other frum people. It’s so interesting, now I kind of feel the opposite. I am the only frum person where I work …
Thoughts on a Work Life
I meant to post this list around Labor Day but that didn’t happen. Some thoughts on a work life:
Twenty for 5784
Yes, yes, I did this less than a year ago for 2023, and haven’t worked through that one (quite). But I needed a boost going into the new year, and I do adore a bucket list. I also noticed upon rereading my list for 2023 that a number of items focused on good habit formation, and though that’s generally a …