The astute observers among you may have noticed that it is, in fact, no longer 2023, and, moreover, it hasn’t been for over a month. You are correct. However, for all of that time, I’ve either been heavily pregnant or had a newborn to take care of. (Hooray! We’re all…
There are relatively limited resources on pregnancy overall, and, of those sources, even fewer address the specific experiences of masc-of-centre folks like me. When I searched for “what to wear to work when pregnant,” I got a lot of femme recommendations reassuring me that I could still find cute dresses…
It’s been a while! I’ve been working with and around health challenges which have made it tough for me to get things done on the schedule I’d prefer. So here’s what was making my life better these past (gasp!) two quarters. Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention-And How To…
It’s taken me this long–almost three decades–to figure out how my view of the world was shaped by the history I learned at Jewish day school, which often focused on the Holocaust. It sounds silly, but only over the past few years have I really understood that, actually, not being…
This winter has been busy and stressful, but I’ve still found a little time to enjoy things. Here are a few of them: A new toothbrush When I realized that my decade-old electric toothbrush was brushing only half-heartedly even with its ancient battery fully charged, I knew I had to…
When I was in grade 7 at Hebrew school, I chose to do a research project on the mitzvah of loving God. Practicing Jews may recognize this commandment from the daily recitation of the Sh’ma: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your…
It took me a little longer this year, but, like I said, here’s how my goals for 2022 shook out! As I wrote after New Year’s, I purposely gave up on a lot of these, because I realized I didn’t want to do them anymore. That’s OK–and I hope, if…
2022 ended with a busy three months, but they weren’t so busy that they precluded little things that brought some joy. Here are a few of them: brushing my teeth before I shower Sometimes, I delay showering at night until it’s way too late, and then I don’t want to…
Up until the past few years, I responded well to lists of goals. That’s probably obvious, if you’ve read any of my previous New Year’s entries, but even though I didn’t always meet my goals (see: aforementioned New Year’s entries), the act of setting them was fun and useful for…
Wow, so, as you can maybe tell by the date of the post, the third quarter of this year was difficult! Before the school semester started, I realized I needed some time to rest, so I purposely toned down a lot of my usual activities, like forcing myself through exercise…