Age: 32
Relationship Status: Married
Occupation: Marketing Manager for biotech company
Income: $124,000/year…I took a pay cut a few years ago for this job and regret it so much. I know I should be grateful for that level of income, but it still feels like I barely make ends meet. I’d be making way more if I hadn’t taken this job. But oh well.
Astrological Sign: Libra
What is the first thing you do when you wake up?
Take my temperature because I use Natural Cycles as a form of birth control/cycle tracking. It’s so annoying to take my temperature every morning, but I got tired of being on hormonal birth control. After that, I get up to pee and then eventually make my way to the coffee machine and let my dog out.
Have you ever felt genuine fulfillment? When?
I used to go on medical volunteer trips to Mexico in college, and when those ended, I felt so unfulfilled in life. I missed connecting with the community and volunteering, so I went off and spent two weeks in the Philippines on a medical volunteer trip. It was the most rewarding and fulfilling thing I’ve ever done, and I’d love nothing more than to do it all again.
What is your most repetitive, negative thought?
Lately, I have a couple…one is that I desperately need a new job for both financial reasons as well as just overall career fulfillment. The other is about my body. I’ve never been happy with it and always feel self-conscious in my clothes.
What is your most repetitive, positive thought?
I’m generally a glass half-empty kind of person, but I really try to remember to be grateful for what I have. I’m always trying to remind myself of that.
What is one thing that surprised you about adulthood?
How little of a shit I give about mundane crap when I used to get so stressed about the small stuff (like what people think about me). Also, how NO ONE KNOWS WHAT WE’RE DOING.
What are three things you want to put every woman onto?
1. Sunscreen…seriously…just wear it.
2. Good wine. Stop buying cheap shit that makes you feel like death the next day.
3. Live music. There really isn’t anything better than going to a concert with good friends and just singing at the top of your lungs.
Rank the following from most to least important:
money, food, sex, love, and laughter (feel free to explain or don’t).
Laughter, Love, Sex, Food, Money
The irony is that I put money least important when yet it’s the only thing I think about lately. Clearly, I know that it isn’t important, but it actually consumes me.
How has your relationship with your parents/ guardians changed in adulthood?
After the 2020 election and the pandemic, I see my parents in a completely different light. I’ve spent my entire academic career (bachelor's and master's degrees) studying public health, and to see them completely disregard medical professionals and the guidance of experts… really struck a chord in me how different I am from them. We’re on decent terms now, but I can’t and won’t forget what happened and how they behaved.
When do you feel most like yourself?
When I’m at a baseball game, or on vacation, or hanging out with friends. Also, when I’m hosting people.
What is the best compliment someone has ever given you?
People have told me that I’m a good friend, and I really cherish that compliment.
How do you feel about falling in love?
I was terrified for years. But meeting and falling in love with my husband has been one of the greatest things of my life.
What is one thing you’re sick of hearing?
“When are you having kids?!”. My husband and I got married last September, and we’re not even sure we want to have kids. We go back and forth about it all the time.
How often do you feel alone?
My husband is in law enforcement, so I feel lonely sometimes when he's gone for long hours…but I don’t feel alone. I have amazing friends that I could call in a heartbeat and talk to for hours.
What is one thing you hope everyone experiences in their lifetime?
Traveling. It is beyond fulfilling to go somewhere and learn a new culture and experience. Even bad experiences traveling are still worth it. Just go and do it. Also, great sex. Everyone needs to experience it.
What is one thing you hope no one has to experience in their lifetime?
Betrayal from a loved one.
What is the best decision you’ve ever made?
Living alone for four years in my dream city, in the sweetest apartment ever. I cried the day I moved out of that place lol. It was the apartment that I felt like I came into womanhood and it's such a special place to me.
When do you feel most at ease?
When the to-do list has been done (haha). Also, surprisingly, when I am cooking. I feel like my cooking skills have improved over the last few years; I’m trying new cooking techniques and not totally failing, and I feel like it’s a win!!
What does having a successful life mean to you?
I used to think it was climbing the corporate ladder and getting to the highest role possible. Now I don’t give two fucks about that. Corporate America doesn’t care about you and won’t save you. Now, I view a successful life as reflecting back one day and reminiscing on memories that brought me happiness.
How often do you think about your body?
All the time. I went on semaglutide last year and lost 25 pounds and have gained most of it back at this point. I have a chronic auto-immune disease that makes it incredibly hard to lose weight, but the semaglutide worked. It became way too expensive to pay for out of pocket.
When do you ask for help?
Rarely, LOL. Maybe when I can’t reach something and ask my 6ft 4in husband to reach it for me. Otherwise, almost never. And honestly, I usually just get a stepstool to reach what I need.
What is something you feel strongly about?
People on the internet need to shut up about things they are not experts in. Stop saying you “did your research”. Really? Did you go to school for 12+ years to study this specific topic? No, you didn’t. You wouldn’t know how to create a research protocol even if google gave you all the answers. Sorry, end rant.
BONUS: Tell me something good.
There's a bird’s nest outside in the pergola in my backyard, and I think the baby birds are going to hatch soon!
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