Marriage & Relationships
To Love Is An Act Of Rebellion
Here’s Why I Think We Sometimes Lose Friends When We’re Happy Since we’ve been married (just about four months now!), both Jonathon and I have watched in surprise as certain friendships have fallen from our lives. I’m a bit more of an all-over-the-place-social-butterfly than he is, so I had a
How To Have A Fun Marriage: Get Naked As Often As Possible
How To Have A Fun Marriage: Get Naked As Often As Possible A few weeks ago, I mentioned that one Monday before our wedding, my own personal superhero Jonathon blew off his beginning-of-the-week plans to come over and naked tie dye with a freaked-out bride (me). I also promised that you’d hear

How To Plan A Wedding In Two Weeks (There’s A Trick)
How To Plan A Wedding In Two Weeks (There’s A Trick) Good morning again, LITMO Lifers! I am so happy to be back writing and sharing my new adventures with you! Yesterday, I came back to writing to you after a long hiatus. When you heard the reason though, I’m

The Psychology Of Deciding To Get Married After 5 Weeks Of Dating
Well, actually, we probably get married after less than 8 weeks of dating. You see, the trajectory of our romance was to meet at Barnes & Noble for a “coffee thing”, then meet up a week later after I got back from Guatemala for a “dinner thing” (at which we

A (True) Story About A Traveler Who Hates Commitment
A (True) Story About A Traveler Who Hates Commitment Once upon a time, there was a girl. We’ll call her Schmanjali. (*Editor’s note: this name and story are completely fictionalized so any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental.) (*Editor’s second note: I’m lying.) Schmanjali was a really

Here’s The Thing About Boundaries…
Here’s The Thing About Boundaries… Very rarely is it acceptable to be an outright asshole. Most people don’t take super kindly to other people being rude or obnoxious or straight-up mean, with poor intentions. It’s normally clear how to react in those situations: shut it down That said, most people

The Key To My Marriage Is Being Married To A Stranger
The below is a piece that I submitted to a publication, really hoping they would accept it. They did not, and instead of holding on to it and pitching it around, I realized it was important to me, and it was a piece I really enjoyed writing.
Camping As A Couple: A Guide To Making It The Best
Camping As A Couple: A Guide To Making It The Best Let me tell you a story a true story about me and camping at festivals. I hate it. I want to love it so much. But currently, I don’t. However, the upside is that I think I am slowly
Are Great Minds Born Out Of Just Being Sick Of All The Bullshit?
Are Great Minds Born Out Of Just Being Sick Of All The Bullshit? Are great meditative minds born out of just being sick of all the bullshit? I don’t consider myself a great mind by any stretch – but I do think I have a tendency to question what I’ve
The Internet Is A Bullshit Cesspool Of Competitive Mediocrity
The Internet Is A Bullshit Cesspool Of Competitive Mediocrity I haven’t written in a long, long time. And I suppose, that got to me a bit (well, not NOT writing, just the idea of having a weirdly unfinished blog on the internets). So I wanted to take some time to