Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Clutter is a distraction, causing you to lose focus and get sidetracked, and it also signals your brain to feel that your work is never done.

As a person who writes about relationships for a living, I might be one of the people least in need of all this well-meaning advice, which usually amounts to clichés and can even veer into the territory of outright insults. What I need – what most of us need – is for people to hear me, and to trust me.

My anxiety doesn’t mean I can’t be a good parent. In fact, it makes me a better one.

Real self-care: Forget pedicures and bubble baths.

The problem with people pleasing: You’re trying so hard to be good. So how come you feel so bad?

Is it better to be alone than to be in a miserable relationship?

No energy at 3PM? The mid-afternoon slump is a well-known phenomenon.

Yes, a lot of parents are assholes. But you know what? A lot of people are assholes; some of them happen to have kids, some don’t. I can’t speak for all parents, and I wouldn’t want to try. But speaking as one particular person with kids, here’s what I wish my childfree friends would understand…

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