After over 12 years of being single – and outspokenly, happily so – I’ve inadvertently found myself in a committed relationship. I’d sporadically gone out on a handful of dates over the last few years but was never seriously interested in any of them.
Lessons From Broken Candles
After the movie, I made the foolish decision to Walk into a Bath and Body Works sale and, because I’m a sucker for reduced-price home scents, bought a couple of candles…forgetting that I’d then need to carry them on a Careem Bike back home.
They weren’t super secure, and (long story short) the bottom of the bag gave out somewhere along the route. My newly-bought, 3-wick Strawberry Pound Cake and Rome Pizzeria candles fell out and shattered on the road.
Peace in Chaos
I was asked to stop work after two weeks of working from home. My visa was expiring in June, my plan to start consulting a migration agency for my future was shot, and I used up all my savings and severance just to get a new visa and pay the bills for the last four months, having to scrape money together just to survive.
Change of Seasons
It’s been a weird season of major change in my life. In the last two months, I took a chance and had my heart broken for the first time in a very long time, moved to a new apartment after three years in the same place, and decided to leave my job of five years.
Beginner
As an adult, it becomes harder to start learning something new. Sure, there are physiological reasons for this, but I think there are also psychological reasons: we are afraid to look stupid and of being criticized, and we compare ourselves to others who are further along than we are and get discouraged.
