I Am a Negative Nancy by Default
When you don’t have any lemons to make lemonade.
33Degrees
Exploring how the spaces we inhabit shape the lives we live. Essays on design, creativity, identity, and becoming (with a little research along the way).
Latest episodes
My High-Paying Job Made Me a Lazy Creative
I know what you’re thinking BUT hear me out.
The Room I Rented Before I Was Ready
I signed the lease on a space I cannot fully justify.
We Are All Trying Our Best
On kindness, free will, and remembering that everyone is learning in real time
Self-Control Is How You Self-Preserve
I used to think health was about discipline only in the obvious ways—eating better, working out, drinking more water.
Detachment Teaches You How to Stay
There are so many times I look back and think: if only I had detached, things would have been different.
You Can’t Distract Yourself Out of Loneliness
Solange said it best: I tried to drink it away, I tried to sex it away, I ran my credit card bill up… and still, the ache persisted.
The Eldest Daughter's Quiet Undoing
A letter to the first version of me, my mother.
The Intimacy We Don't Talk About Enough
To the women I love, who weather the April storms - you are my May flowers.
To the First Man Who Never Said ‘I Love You’
But somehow taught me everything about it anyway.
Letters I should have sent
A reminder that you don't need to keep learning the hard way.