Sometimes we have a grab bag at our family Chanukah parties and it’s so much fun. Basically, everyone brings a wrapped gift that cost less than $5 and puts it in a giant bag (you can separate adult and kid gifts if you’d like). The fun is mostly in getting to tear off the wrapping paper. It’s not really about …
Hi, all, First of all, thank you so much for visiting and reading, whether you’re a new visitor or an old friend. I hope you find many relatable posts here to read and share with others. I would love to hear what topics you would like to see covered on this blog. We do a lot on dating …
You may know that I’m a journaling fan(atic), but I also have a suggestion for anyone who doesn’t love to write. Last December I bought myself this fun line-a-day journal and it is terrific. Each day of the calendar year gets one page, divided into five sections so it can be used for five years. Each day gets enough space …
In tenth grade I wrote a ten page research paper on Winston Churchill. The man was a terrific orator, and one of the best parts of having to research his life was reading through pages of quotes from his speeches and personal interactions. I still love me a Churchill zinger. Naturally, he had plenty to say about shidduchim: First …
A few weeks ago, I decided to add a little feature in the sidebar of this site to showcase the books I’ve been reading. I was back and forth about whether or not to do this, for a variety of reasons (see below), but ultimately my love of book-sharing won out. Which brings me to my first dilemma as …
To be honest, although I try to stay in touch with concepts like “the shidduch crisis has no mathematical basis” or “it isn’t my fault that I’m struggling so much” or “sometimes we just have to wait for the right time” — I go through these phases when I seriously don’t believe any of the above. This rainy week was …
I went to E”Y for a week in August. Originally I had no plans to go away this summer but as it sometimes happens with trips to E”Y, one day I realized that I just needed to go, and I bought a ticket the next day. I went (as usual) without anything on schedule and just a few tentative …
One of my social worker friends was super-encouraging of my going back to school. She said, “I think it will really give you satisfaction to be a therapist, and aside from that, I think you’ll love the process of becoming a therapist.” Well. I thought I knew what to expect. I know from therapy. Many of my friends are …
You’d think shopping would have come up on the blog by now (I mean, really), but for some reason it hasn’t. These tips could be a subcategory of Secrets of Adulthood. I wrote them up after a pretty intense shopping marathon this week. It’s officially summer weather and the shopping couldn’t be put off any longer, much as I dread …
For a while, I have not felt right about my career choice. The thing is, I really enjoy learning about just about anything and so much of what I learned in graduate school was interesting and useful. So it just didn’t occur to me along the way that I might not love the practice nearly as much as the theory. …
