Much of shidduchim is avodas perach: over and over, you do things that are hard and they sink into quicksand. You think your efforts will get you somewhere, and they sink into quicksand. I honestly don’t know how anyone can live like that. And then I remember that I am living like that. I don’t understand how.
This happens every year: Pesach takes me by surprise. But it’s coming next week, ready or not.
My therapist shared an article with me about helpful grief supports and as it turns out, the most helpful support people found was in their pet.
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 sent me this shiur by Esther Wein on the topic of manifestation. I enjoyed it very much and wanted to pass it along. I have to say it really resonated!
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…
Apparently, April is National Card and Letter Writing Month, who knew? This was established by the United States Postal Service in 2001 for ulterior motives đŸ˜‰ .
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?
Hi, all, a little housekeeping update: I’d had the option of subscribing to get posts to your inbox when they publish, but I’ve disabled that because I had some technical issues with it. Sorry about any inconvenience but I hope you’ll check in here for new posts!!
Hi, all. I hope you had a nice Purim. Mine was very low-key. I was at my sister for Shabbos with my parents, and on Purim we didn’t have much to do. Although Purim has been pretty calm in recent years, this year we only had a few shalach manos to deliver, and no long drive to our seudah, so …
