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Update #48: Birthday Girl
By Sammy Ginsberg For the first time in years, I posted on Instagram that it was my birthday on my story. Ever since I realized I wasn’t invited to who I considered a close friend’s birthday, I have been terrified to post. I didn’t want to put someone through the same thing as me. Although,…
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Update #47: Spirallinggggg
By Sammy Ginsberg Cats! Dogs! Rats! Children! I’m spirallingggg. Well not really right now, but like at 4pm – I was spiraling. I felt a panic coming on like it was November 2024, and so I went to yoga. Now I am at the Shut Up and Write in Los Feliz that I started in…
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Update #44: My Birthday Plans!
By Sammy Ginsberg It’s my birthday! Woo! Everyone has different ways of celebrating, we are living in the time of micro-cultures and hyper-individualism. I wrote a whole zine about this called Happy Birthday Bitch, or Why Birthdays Trigger My Social Anxiety (that you can find here!). LOL! I like to celebrate my birthday by having…
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Update #43: Relationship Inventory – Friends!
By Sammy Ginsberg I read about doing a relationship inventory, and so I’m doing one. I have to plan my birthday party, I love birthday parties! And I am thinking a lot about friendship. About who to invite. About not being invited. A few years ago, I published a zine called Happy Birthday Bitch or…
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Update #42: 10 New Years Resolutions for 2026 & a New Years Resolution Bingo
By Sammy Ginsberg 10 New Years Resolutions New Years Resolution Bingo
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Update #39: Plot Twist
By Sammy Ginsberg Lol! I wrote that whole thing on Friday, and then on Sunday I checked my teaching email, and I got the job at the high school!!! YAYY!! I have a job after January 9th! Isn’t that amazing! I will be making the dream come true. I am taking steps. I could go…
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Update #35:A Bit Overwhelmed
By Sammy Ginsberg I knew I was overwhelmed because yesterday, I accidentally threw my shirt in the toilet while getting ready for yoga in the studio bathroom. And then left my glasses in the bathroom, didn’t realize until after class. When I went to go get them, I saw the door was closed and light…
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Update #34: From Chaotic Transition Phase to Stability
By Sammy Ginsberg I have been in a chaotic transition phase for too long. I want it to end. I can hear my nervous system loud and clear. She says, “Sammy! If you don’t end this soon – I’m gonna freak out again, and you’ll have to stop working, write every day for 3 hours,…