On the slow creeping tyranny of blandification, and why I need us to start platforming the weird stuff before I lose my mind entirely.
What I learned after ignoring every red flag, losing $32K, and attending a romance conference when I don’t write romance—which is to say, not as much as you’d hope.
Finally understanding meditation thanks to SSRIs and the problem with removing your body’s danger signals (hint: villain era incoming)
Untangling personality from undiagnosed ADHD, processing my grandmother’s death, and an unordered list of tiny joys
On surviving difficult anniversaries, celebrating properly, and the moment prayer became “I WANT I WANT I WANT
Writing paralysis, the existential dread of approaching 50, and why I’m learning Korean (for the umpteenth time)
Parenting reality check: when your kid calls you out for being absent, you’re too tired to be a better person, and you just want to hide upstairs forever.
My heart was like, “JIN CONCERTS! ROAD TRIPS! ALL THE SOCIALIZING!” and my body was like, “Ma’am, we are not equipped for this level of enthusiasm.”
Staying up until 4:30am researching iconic performances (for book research, obviously), longing for the certainty of my Christian days, and wondering how I’m supposed to live my life when BTS won’t stay in Korea.