Last week my 10-years-younger-than-me cousin got married and I did not attend. The truth is that I didn’t even consider going — I knew it was just not what I needed. A few years ago I would have suffered through the same but somehow with thirty came the freedom to stop caring about what other people think (everyone is too busy to think) and also to stop pushing myself into the stress zone in these types of situations. It’s okay to say, I’m going to take care of myself, I’m staying home. So I did.
P.S. The official instructions for dreidel, which I needed recently.
