THE REAL LIFE OF A MODERN JEWISH WOMAN.
Screens have always played a bittersweet role in my life. Growing up, I watched movies and TV shows quite often. As lame as it sounds, growing up alone (my brother and sister moved out when I was very young), the characters in movies and TV shows were the ones who kept me company. Looking back, […]
I know the major Jewish time period for forgiveness is over, but I’m infamous for my delayed reaction to everything in life, so we’re just going to go with it. I woke up this morning having written an open letter to someone I was trying to forgive. It was something that I was ready to […]
Ok, so I know this might be a little unconventional, but here’s what’s about to happen. My husband, Dovid (who’s probably going to kill me for doing this, I might add), is in need of friends. Does he have some? Yes. Could he use some more? Yes. So I have taken it upon myself to […]
This past weekend, I drove to Chicago to spend a couple days with close friends. I went by myself. Dovid and I both take trips on our own, because we know how important it is to us; to recharge our batteries so to speak. We know a lot of people look down on this sort […]
A lot of people ask me about where I live and where I’m from, and honestly, that’s the most complicated question anyone can ask me. So I decided to give my answer here, so there’s no more confusion. I was born in Chicago and grew up in West Rogers Park. I absolutely loved the small […]
You may have noticed my absence from the blog and social media this past week. (Or maybe you didn’t.) Either way, it was because I was taking a bit of a mental health week for myself, if you will. Everyone can use one of those now and again, and I don’t think I realized I […]
So I know I mentioned “deathbed-me” in my last post. And I know that that’s kind of a gruesome thing to write about. But I’ve been watching a lot of motivational videos lately. And one thing that keeps popping up as the be-all, end-all yardstick of something being worthwhile or not, is if on your […]
I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately from friends, family, and even people I’ve never even met. They mostly revolve around the same theme. How do you not care what people think? How can you share such personal details of your life and not be reeling from embarrassment? What’s your secret? Don’t you think […]
The past few days, I’ve been feeling a bit down. So my typical coping mechanism for dealing with hard stuff is to get lost in a good distraction; whether that be a good book, movie, or more likely, one of my many lists. At my core, I’m a dreamer. The place I’m naturally lacking in […]
**Trigger warning: the following article may not be appropriate for those dealing with depression and other mental illnesses. You probably guessed from the title that, today, we will be discussing depression. I know that this is another one of those terms that gets thrown around all the time, as in, “ugh, I’m so depressed that […]
