Archive - Stopgap

On choosing a creative life

If a mic drops in an empty room, does it make a sound?

Apr 1 •

January 2024

Goodbye, 32: The year of glitter in my wound

It’s my birthday, and I’ll yearn if I want to

Jan 14 •

August 2023

When words don’t work

Is this thing on?

Aug 4, 2023 •

May 2023

To Philadelphia, with love

Are we dating again?

May 16, 2023 •

April 2023

On mellowing out

Where’s the line between relaxing and rotting?

Apr 20, 2023 •

February 2023

On pushing through pain

Hello? Universe? Can I reschedule this crisis?

Feb 21, 2023 •

January 2023

Having an existential crisis in Newark airport

Where am I "going?" What’s it to you, sir?

Jan 31, 2023 •

December 2022

2022: The year of leaps and falls

In the winter of 2019, I quit my job, subleased my apartment, emptied my bank account, and bought a one-way ticket to South Korea. Feeling stuck and…

Dec 31, 2022 •

November 2022

12 Years on Twitter: The good, the bad, and the laughs

Goodbye to all that?

Nov 24, 2022 •

September 2022

On finding freedom

Does it mean breaking up, or giving in?

Sep 14, 2022 •

May 2022

How to know if you’re burned out — I mean, alive, in the year 2022

Is anybody doing OK?

May 25, 2022 •

April 2022

On therapy — the enduring kind

Maybe you should talk to someone?

Apr 19, 2022 •

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