I didn’t feel much like celebrating Christmas this year. I’d spent the last few months a little dejected, a little bit adrift and unsure of where I was supposed to be, and the holidays are always difficult when I’m away from my family.
Atypically Un-Single
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.
