Like so many people, I’ve spent much of the past 15 months grieving the loss of my pre-pandemic life and the girl I used to be, the one who worked in coffee shops and hung out on friend’s couches and routinely saw people outside my immediate family. …

I got dumped by a close friend recently. In addition to it totally sucking, it also confirmed my fear of failure as this friend opted out of being a part of my life, indefinitely, without really giving much of a reason. …