Share Today my daughter left me at Kindergarten. She stepped forward, intuitively working the room, making introductions between new friends, negotiating what toys could be explored before morning meeting, finding a place for her posse on the carpet. Without me. Surpassing me. And I am left alone in my apartment, stretched out on my bed [...]
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A Day in My Life.
Share People ask me how I do it all. The answer is … I don’t. But to really answer the question, here is how one day happened for me. It’s not a typical day – I don’t have typical days. Some days I work a lot more, some days I don’t have my daughter with [...]
My Fav iPhone To Do App: Awesome Note (video review)
Share The post-it note to do lists just weren’t working out for me. I either had WAY to many things written down (impossible to all get done) or I forgot something or I’d leave my list at home and be lost all day. And if I didn’t get it done – then the imperfection guilt [...]
Why I'm Leaving San Francisco
Share I little over a year ago I announced that we were moving to San Francisco – to better meet my goals & structure my lifestyle … based upon what I knew about at that time. But things have changed. Or … I’ve learned more about myself, what I need, what works for me & [...]
I don't deserve this english muffin.
Share I don’t deserve this english muffin. Not just because it’s all carby and toasted and smothered in real butter. But because this morning I haven’t earned my food yet. There are tasks yet unfinished. The unanswered emails, the unbought gifts, the unwashed dishes, the unlaunched sites, the uncollected receivables, the uninterviewed experts, the unresponded [...]
The Cavewoman Inside
Share I’ve had a history of worrying, tension, anxiety … and no matter what I do, how much I rearrange my schedule or workout or try to meditate or relax, I wasn’t able to stop freaking out on a regular basis. Then last weekend I learned the tension wasn’t exactly me … Do you have [...]
This Blog Post is Not About 2010.
Share So I started to write a blog post about video Skype and hot sexting, about living in the big city and filling an apartment with furniture and @gapingvoid prints and more Macs than humans, about best friends and broken hearts, about sinus infections and insomnia, about burn scars and brain tumors. But my story [...]
The Lies That Happen At 1:30 AM
Share I woke up around 1:30 AM last night. Spent the next few hours curled up in the fetal position, silently shaking & sobbing. Silent as in sound. So my daughter would not hear me as she slept two rooms away. Silent as in no texting. So those closest to me would not be revolted [...]
Hermiting Up for the Holidays
Share I have not left my apartment for almost four days. Haven’t left since I went and saw Harry Potter at the 9:45 am showing on Thanksgiving Day. Not even to check my mail. Not to Peet’s for coffee. Not to run to the corner store for more Diet Dr. Pepper. I’ve been playing marathon [...]
At the End of My Thirty-Fifth Year
Share There are a thousand differences between last year’s and this. A healthy daughter. A new city. A different business. No car. Adventures and love and sex and bffs. T-shirts. Pole dancing. A MacBook. A tattoo. But all that wonderfulness is just stuffs and locations and happenings. The real difference is that I finally let [...]
I'm Elizabeth Potts Weinstein, a writer, teacher, and coach.