Last week I had a conversation with a friend that I’ve had many times before, about my existential crisis: “I feel unsatisfied and that I need to be doing more…What is my purpose?” She pointed out that we’ve had this conversation on a recurrent basis every few months for about ten years and the solutions I turn to (more work, …
A friend and I were joking about reassigning “do-gooders” to other projects so they don’t keep trying to help us. (You know, the ones who tell you, unsolicited, to take a better picture or add references to your resume). Aren’t there so many worthy projects for them to choose from? Like…
I always struggle with the small talk stage of dating (and every stage lol, keeping it real). But somehow my life sounds so…uninteresting to my ears as soon as I start talking about it, and I also shy away from asking direct questions because I don’t want to be too interrogative…any tips, pretty please? Do you feel this?
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The actress Emma Watson got some flak for calling herself “self-partnered” as opposed to, you know, “single.” I’ll admit that’s a bit of an eyeroll, but recently in my apartment,
Recently I said to my therapist, “I don’t know if I should worry, but I feel like I’m in my post-shidduchim era. I haven’t done hishtadlus in the longest time and I just feel distant from the whole thing. Like I’m not being busy with it anymore.” It’s true, I can’t remember the last time I did anything proactive for …
The language of shidduchim could be a dissertation in itself. Of course we have the “girls and boys,” and the never not remembering that we’re experiencing a “crisis.” Recently I cracked up at seeing 23-year-old women referred to as “mature singles” (I’m laughing again typing this)
I’m not dating anyone at this writing, so this is a totally hypothetical question, but I’ve been wondering
So this past motzoei Shabbos my shul had their annual N’shei melava malka and I went with my mother. I knew there would be zero (0) other single ladies there but I was told there would be sushi so…(No sushi after all but yes acai bowls). I think people were surprised to see me but no one said anything they …
Years ago, someone told me to remember that “there are always fewer fish in the sea.” This well-meant(?) warning succeeded in ingraining a scarcity mindset in me while not actually helping me connect any more easily with anyone I dated. I recently talked this out with my mentor M’nucha Bialik and she had the greatest reframe:
