When a person is this exhausted, we tell them to rest. When a piece of land is this depleted, we let the land lie fallow. When a perennial begins to wither at the end of the season, we cut it back and let it hibernate for the winter. We place faith in its eventual restoration, because that is how the world works: you work, you rest, you regroup,... See more

When I was young, watching my mom navigate a deeply destabilizing mid-life divorce, I internalized several lessons: first, I’d never let a man, or a marriage, eclipse by own career trajectory; second, I’d always have my own money and means of survival; third, I’d never be dependent on a man do to stuff, from driving to drilling something into a... See more