One blog post at a time.
After leaving USAID and becoming a mother, I started my first fractional social media management role with a nonprofit. Here’s what I learned about balancing…
After becoming a mother by choice, I realized why many of my past relationships failed. My true goal was always motherhood, and that shaped how…
After 18 years in Washington, DC, I packed up my life, said goodbye to friends and my USAID community, revisited my late father’s belongings, and…
As this post is published, my mother, Tahera Rashid, is being laid to rest in Bangladesh. A woman ahead of her time, she built a…
I am a displaced federal worker and the creator behind this blog.
I binged Margot’s Got Money Problems and, as a new mom who was also RIFed from a longtime career, found myself unexpectedly relating to the economics behind Margot’s OnlyFans decision. Motherhood has changed the way I think about childcare, flexible work—and why we’re so quick to judge the unconventional ways women make money.
2019 was the year I finally felt like I had it together—not because my life was perfect, but because I was genuinely content with it. I was happily single, surrounded by incredible friends, doing work I loved, traveling on my own, and making choices for my future without feeling like I was waiting for my…
I’ve been having dance parties for as long as I can remember—from Michael Jackson and Madonna in preschool, to weekends dancing with my best friend in high school, college afternoons and late nights dancing until 5 a.m., to making Bailey Bear my reluctant partner. Now I have a new, very willing dance partner: Baby J.…
