Things I Never Used to Like But Have Sort of Gotten Fond Of
I need to start with a confession that would have horrified the younger me. I like cheesecake now. Genuinely, unreservedly, go-back-for-a-second-slice like it. For years I rolled my eyes at it. Too heavy, too dense, too much of a fuss over what is essentially sweet cheese. Then a few days ago I had a blueberry…
Things I Thought I’d Have Figured Out By Now
When I was a kid, I pictured the end of my teens as a kind of finish line. Not the end of anything, just the point where the shaking stops. I imagined a version of me who woke up before the alarm, knew what she wanted to become, and knew what she wanted for dinner,…
Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes
A few weeks ago I caught myself saying a sentence out loud and had this strange feeling of déjà vu. I was telling a friend how tired I was of my routine, how I felt stuck, how I needed to change something. She nodded the way people nod when they have heard it before. Then…
