It’s graduation season! I’ve been thinking about the advice I want to share with the high school seniors I work with. These are some tidbits I’ve learned over my journey so far that I think would have been helpful and encouraging to hear at 18. So, for those about to venture out into the wild unknown: 1) It doesn’t end …
Author Gretchen Rubin (also mentioned here) keeps a list of “Secrets of Adulthood” – principles about life she’s “managed to grasp as…an adult”. Here are some of my favorites from Gretchen: Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good (Voltaire). People don’t notice your mistakes and flaws as much as you think. Most decisions don’t require extensive …
I’ve been meaning to share the backstory of this blog for a while, and here it is: This winter, a woman called me for shidduch information. She was very pleasant and the conversation was no big deal. We spoke for a few minutes, and then she said the following: “I don’t mean this disrespectfully but your friend is twenty-____ …
This is a milestone birthday year for a few people in my family. Sometimes it’s nice to reflect on how much you’ve grown (and outgrown) over the years. This is a fun list I wrote up when I was thinking about my upcoming birthday. Things I’ve outgrown: My pediatrician Sugar cereal for breakfast Granola bars for lunch Trying to …
I have to say that each year, as the school year winds down and summer approaches, I start to get a little nervous about what I’ll be doing over vacation. A couple years ago, a friend of mine realized that there were limited options for summer programs targeted to singles, and she took the plunge and started her own. …
A little while ago, my engaged friend asked me if I knew of any lesson-a-day type emails (think SAT prep or Merriam-Webster word of the day) for homemaking. I thought that was a great idea but neither of us could find anything like that. I did find a few checklists, though. These look helpful. Martha Stewart’s cleaning checklists – including …
A few friends and I have a tradition of celebrating our birthdays together. Recently, as our default, we’ve been going out to eat (usually to a steakhouse, with cocktails). For one friend a couple years ago, we did a Strayboots hunt on Fifth Avenue followed by dinner. For another friend, we bought salads and cheesecake and had a picnic in a park …
Do you like to write bucket lists? This is my first time writing one for spring. It was lots of fun. I always feel a vague sense of deja vu in the spring, as if I’m seeing the world through the eyes of a child. That feeling…might be reflected in my bucket list. Have a picnic in a park. …
Hello, all, I hope you had a good Yom Tov. My family went away for Pesach for the first time in years. It was the most refreshing change. There’s nothing like a vacation for helping everything come back together. The only downside was that my married siblings and their kids weren’t with us. A few highlights: We spent hours and hours …
A few weeks ago, I went to an open rehearsal of the New York City Philharmonic. I wanted to go for a while and all of my friends had work that day (and to be perfectly honest, a Philharmonic rehearsal might not be most of my friends’ idea of fun ;-)). I think I was the youngest member of the …
