July always feels like the Saturday of summer, and August the Sunday night. Tomorrow’s August 1st, and I can already feel that creeping Sunday-night energy. But for now? I’m leaning into it: bike rides, boogie boarding, beach reads, family dinners. Sun-drunk and salty.
Month: July 2025
Zapped: My Love Affair with Bad Dopamine
I ran out of day again. Not because I was doing anything important—but because I got zapped. By Instagram. By dopamine. By the endless scroll that trades real life for tiny, tasty hits of nothing.
Who Is Your Designated Sane Person?
I serve as the Designated Sane Person for a few people in my life, and it gives me the warm-fuzzies to know this. It’s an honor, really, and I love it that I’ve become their sane harbor in the storm. Here’s how I’ve grown into this role over time.
Here’s What I Want
But if I want my future to be satisfying, happy, and worth living, I have to consider my choices now in light of the person I want to be in that imaginary future. I have to ask: What’s the best decision here in the Present for Future me?
Embracing Home Again After Vacation
You know how you walk from room to room and see everything as if for the first time?
Inspiration Location 