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Resist all the New Year's resolution nonsense!

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I Left My Tween Daughter to Die on Mount Rainier

Feb 12, 2025 • Jen Zug

The Days Are Shorter and Darker

Nov 13, 2024 • Jen Zug

Someone Once Called Me a Thought Leader and I Couldn't Hear Anything Else He Said After That

Sep 11, 2024 • Jen Zug

Kicking Off Season One of Pretend You’re Good At It: ADHD and Imposter Syndrome

Sep 4, 2024 • Jen Zug

Recent posts

💬 Let’s Talk About Planning Fuck-Ups!

Because January is for hibernating, not planning.

Jan 7 • Jen Zug

2025 Was Weird, But I Think We Made It. Here's How I know.

Measuring the unmeasurable markers of success.

Dec 24, 2025 • Jen Zug

💬 Come Join a Safe Space to Complain About Holiday Overwhelm!

After spending 20 years rawdogging the holidays, I made some drastic changes.

Dec 15, 2025 • Jen Zug

Who Deserves To Be Helped?

The myth of pulling ourselves up by the bootstraps.

Nov 26, 2025 • Jen Zug

I’m From the Fuck Around and Find Out Generation. Are My Kids In the Get Fucked and Find Out Generation?

The economic reality young adults are facing as they get ready to launch.

Nov 23, 2025 • Jen Zug

Hope & Delight

2025 Was Weird, But I Think We Made It. Here's How I know.

Measuring the unmeasurable markers of success.

Dec 24, 2025 • Jen Zug

Delightful Things In No Particular Order

You can probably skip this one.

Oct 29, 2025 • Jen Zug

How I Changed Between Two No Kings Protests

Plus three ways to take action besides joining a protest.

Oct 22, 2025 • Jen Zug

I Don't Like What Hope Demands

Risk is, well...it's risky.

Jul 23, 2025 • Jen Zug

Stay Strong In the Middle!

Hope is a conscious effort.

Jul 9, 2025 • Jen Zug

Hopefulness Is the Warrior Emotion

A six month check-up on our sanity.

May 21, 2025 • Jen Zug

Light Up a Path to Lead Yourself Home

Plus: Scenes from a PNW Island Getaway

Apr 11, 2025 • Jen Zug

My Current Three Sources of Delight (Until the Government Bans Them)

...or shackles them on a plane to Columbia.

Jan 30, 2025 • Jen Zug

Beat the Shit Out of Entropy with Charitable Giving

Your time, your dollars, and your voice can make a difference.

Dec 4, 2024 • Jen Zug

The Days Are Shorter and Darker

Let's be joyful motherfucking lights for each other.

Nov 13, 2024 • Jen Zug

Curiosity & Meandering

How I Changed Between Two No Kings Protests

Plus three ways to take action besides joining a protest.

Oct 22, 2025 • Jen Zug

I Spent My Birthday At the ER

The good news is, dark humor prevailed, even as I disassociated.

Oct 1, 2025 • Jen Zug

My Vacation Adventure Bender

Bookstores Galore!

Sep 4, 2025 • Jen Zug

Actual Posts I've Made on My Local Buy Nothing Facebook Group

Writers are always writing.

Feb 26, 2025 • Jen Zug

Delighting In the New Year

Turning off auto-pilot. Or wading upstream. The metaphor is a work in progress. 😂

Jan 9, 2025 • Jen Zug

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