I am including both the large and small items on this list. This is fairly thorough, although everyone has and needs different things. Some items I received from my parents, some I bought new, some were from my stash, and several were gifts from other people. You do not need every single item the first week you move! In the …
I was fortunate to move in with experienced people who had signed apartment leases before. They had also learned a lot over the years about navigating financial agreements and such between roommates. The most important thing is to put everything in writing, even if you love and trust each other. You want it all written down as a reference for …
Last year at the height of COVID, a friend called me. She had to move apartments and was looking for an additional roommate. I had once mentioned to her that I was open to moving out of my parents’ house if I found the right roommate situation, and she remembered. When she asked me if I was interested, I was …
At long last, I have put together a post about my egg freezing process. And I hope it will provide a lot of helpful information to all of you. I believe it is my longest post ever. Feel free to read it in parts, and to ask any questions you have. How it began I first started thinking about …
Hey, everyone. I just dusted off my wedding notebook and flipped through. Lots of good stuff in there (and some things that are now irrelevant). Recently this article inspired me to reopen my wedding notebook. I have updated different sections and instead of writing them in the notebook I made a few Google docs. Oh, and I also totally redid …
Hi, everyone. Thank you for checking in. I plan to continue the series on dating optimism but this week has been super-hectic for me so I am just dashing off this quick post. Chovos Halevavos teaches that Hashem does kindness for people even if they don’t deserve it, just because He loves them. This can be helpful to remember …
Hey, all. For the next bit I’d like to do a series based on the book Meeting Your Half-Orange: An Utterly Upbeat Guide to Using Dating Optimism to Find Your Perfect Match, by Amy Spencer. The book is divided into six steps to help you, well, meet your half-orange, also known as your perfect match. I’ve started reading this book …
This graduation season, I want to give a shoutout to all of us, wherever we are on the education/career pathway (or whether we’re not on it at all). Graduation is one of those markers of time passing, and if you feel a little funny thinking about the planeloads of freshly-finished young ladies touching down after seminary, you’re not alone. It feels …
Tonight as I was braiding my challah my roommate asked, “So how many weeks have you been doing this?” I checked the calendar and realized that this is the fortieth week of my challah project. The FORTIETH week! I have been making challah for almost an entire year! As we know, forty is a spiritually significant number in Judaism. …
As Ingrid Fettell Lee says, focusing on small moments of joy unlocks deeper happiness. Looking for joy changes your orientation to the world; no matter how difficult things get, it’s possible to find little joys everywhere. Here is a list of 50 joyful things:
