Self Care
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The Unexpected Freedom Of Caring Less
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For years, I thought I needed to be friends with everyone. I’d volunteer to bring the birthday cake for people I barely knew and somehow believed being the life of the party was part of my personality. Turns out, I’m an ambivert—and growing older gave me permission to stop pretending…
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Why Does Money Feel Different In Your 40s?
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I once owned nearly thirty lipsticks and still convinced myself I needed one more. These days, buying a single lipstick feels like a commitment because all I can think about is finishing the ones I already have. Funny how money changes once your priorities do.
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When Fitness Stops Being About The Scale
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We grew up believing fitness meant being thin. Somewhere between weighing scales, fad diets and society’s expectations, many of us forgot that health is far more than a number. This is the year I stopped measuring fitness by the scale.
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When Did Beauty Become Homework?
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Beauty was supposed to feel comforting, not exhausting. Somewhere between “glass skin” routines and endless self-optimization, rituals that once helped women slow down have turned into performance metrics. This essay explores how beauty drifted away from care, and why femininity feels softer when rituals become personal again.