I write this not to be smug or inflammatory or, God forbid, to tempt fate, but Menopause becomes me. No joke. I had been girding my loins (had I had them) for decades, ready to do battle with hot flashes… Read More ›
Midlife
The Midlife Millennial: Coda
Last week, I posted an article on “The Midlife Millennial”–an homage (or so I intended) to a generation that has been much maligned of late. In the article, I defended the generation as being one of the most idealistic, creative,… Read More ›
The Midlife Millennial
Millennials get a lot of crap. If you believed everything you read, they’re lazy, entitled, beard-growing, ping-pong playing, little snots with their heads in the clouds. This may be true. But it’s just so easy to slam a whole generation… Read More ›
Sometimes You Have to Make the Same Mistake. Twice.
So here I am. Again. Turning in my notice to a job I’ve had for just a year. Wait, didn’t you just do that? Didn’t you just quit your job last year? Yes, I did. With much fanfare, I might… Read More ›
Midlife Hack: Self-help books
So I’ve been trying to find the perfect midlife book. Why? Because reading is how I midlife crisis, okay? Right, so . . . Where was I? Yes, the perfect midlife book. I could just end this post now and… Read More ›
Midlife Hack: Self-Help Books
So I’ve been trying to find the perfect midlife book. Why? Because reading is how I midlife crisis, okay? Right, so . . . Where was I? Yes, the perfect midlife book. I could just end this post now… Read More ›
Midlife Crisis: A Revisionist Story
The way we think about midlife is broken. No, really. I hate these end-of-the-road, time-to-pack-it-in, tropes about midlife, and I know you do, too. The dirty little secret that no one will tell you about midlife (no, not even your… Read More ›
Midlife Hack: Insomnia
This is not a post about recalcitrant chin hairs. Nor is it a post about the middle-aged spread. It’s about something far more urgent, far more important. Insomnia! Now I know my children are probably laughing their heads off going,… Read More ›