Essays

The Existential Dread of Supermarket Shopping | Nervous Wreckage
Bone tired after nearly 18 hours of traveling with a 3-year-old, I slowly climbed up the 3 flights of stairs to our home away from home for the next 30 days, dropped the bags and then forced us to go back down the stairs and walk 5-minutes to the supermarket.

Having A Chronic Illness Helped Me Prepare For The Uncertainty Of The Pandemic | Healthline
Managing ulcerative colitis means accepting the unpredictability of life.

I Had A Child And Cut Back On My Social Life. Here’s Why | Washington Post
My daughter is giddy, clapping her hands as she hurriedly toddles toward her aunt. We’re having a quiet weekend at home and my sister has popped by, as she often does, simply to hang out. Later we might all go to the park or to lunch at the Thai restaurant around the corner. Or maybe we won’t stray far from the living room floor, where toys and books are strewn about.

I’ve Only Bought My 3-Year-Old 4 Toys in Her Life—Here’s How | Parents
Knowing the damage that consumerism does to the environment made me adopt a toy-minimalist lifestyle—and it’s had a positive impact on my daughter’s creativity as well as my wallet.