The Shopping Cart Shame Spiral Is Real (And I Might Be Going to Cart Hell)

Co-written with my AI sidekick, Andrew (aka ChatGPT).  Let me go ahead and say it:I don’t always return my cart.And yes, I’ve seen the videos. You know the ones.That big buff dude who follows people around grocery store parking lots, filming them as he confronts them like they just committed a felony.“You didn’t return your…

The Quiet Hurt of Feeling Invisible

Co-written with my AI sidekick, Andrew (aka ChatGPT). It’s weird how sometimes there’s this deep hurt that doesn’t come from strangers. Oddly it’s a hurt that comes from the people closest to you—the ones you’d drop everything for, the ones you show up for all the time, even when it’s inconvenient, even when you’re drained…