21 Ways to Help Yourself Heal
7. Listen to your parents and friends more often and trust them with your problems, while also remembering to be true to yourself and your own instincts.
I Failed The Bar Exam
I am a bar exam failer. Nearly three years ago, I, like you, fruitlessly scanned the list of numbers to find that one had been omitted. Mine. 364.
I Hate Being A Pretty Girl
I can, and have literally gone around a bar taking drinks from guys: paying with nothing but an enchanting smile — because I can.
You Don't Deserve Me
I was not lucky to have you. I was not chosen by some divine spirit who looked past my physical flaws to gift me with your half-hearted attention.
Things I’ve Learned From Writing Under A Gender-Neutral Name
When someone wants to tear apart my writing — because I had the gall to suggest that society is racist or sexist — they often bring up my presumed gender to do so. I’m interpellated as “that girl,” “a chick on the internet.”
Oops, I Accidentally Wasted My Entire 20s (And I Feel Fine)
These articles talk about the misery that results from indecision in one’s twenties, and I believe that part is true. Indecision is miserable. But the articles are wrong about the true source of this misery.
The Most Underrated Movies Of The Last 10 Years
25 Things You Don’t Have To Justify To Anyone
How many friends you have. One is enough. A hundred is enough. And there is no need to falsely upgrade acquaintances to “friend” status in your mind simply to fill out the ranks. A true friend is rare, and we don’t need to make it a competition for who has the most.
You Want Someone Who Will Be With You When You’re Sick
Even if they said they wanted to be beside me, I’d start to feel guilty and probably suspect they’re only there out of obligation — or not wanting to look like the dirtbag who dumps the sick girl.
The 10 Essentials For Any Good Relationship
If someone tells you they don’t want marriage and kids, and that they aren’t going to change their mind, please do everyone a favor and listen to them.
6 Scary Realizations You Have As You Grow Up
4. If a person you’re friends with or dating treats you bad, that’s not likely to change. Ever.
8 Excuses For Cheating That Totally Suck
The Secret To Connecting With People
At first, you will probably experience some angst at the thought of abandoning what you were going to say. Drop it anyway, and see if your life suffers. (It won’t.)
8 Reasons You Are Single
Whether you’re one of the Nice Guys who take pictures of themselves wearing a fedora and complaining about how shallow women are with no irony, or you’re a walking Taylor Swift song who thinks every girl who manages to get a boyfriend when you don’t is an evil slut, you are just not making it to the “romance” stage.
Procrastination Is Not Laziness
7 Dating Lessons I’m Still Working On Learning
88 Important Truths I’ve Learned About Life
A good nine out of ten bad things I’ve worried about never happened. A good nine out of ten bad things that did happen never occurred to me to worry about.
28 Signs You’re Wasting Your Youth
You are not wearing the kinds of clothes you feel best in because you perceive them to be “not in style,” “not a good label,” or “not meant for someone who isn’t skinny.”