I just finished reading Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell, and it got me thinking about how much dating has changed since the early 2000s. At the center is Carrie Bradshaw, a semi-autobiographical version of Bushnell. She writes a weekly column that explores the kinds of taboo dating questions people are curious about but rarely say out loud: Why are more women choosing not to have children? Why do wealthy, high-status men gravitate toward much younger women? Do men reall

I've lived in Des Moines for about a year and a half now, and it felt like a natural next step after college—just 45 minutes from where I spent four years at Iowa State University, and filled with other recent graduates finding their footing. After hibernating through the winter, the city comes alive in the warmer months. Patio bars fill up by 9 p.m., and the weekend farmers market draws lines by 8 a.m. Downtown and the East Village are dotted with cozy, corner coffee shops a

Yesterday, at the beginning of a yoga class, the teacher asked, "What does success look like to you in everyday life?" I thought about this question for the rest of the class and found myself overwhelmed by different answers. Success in daily life looks like trying my hardest every day, showing kindness to the people around me, being myself, and participating in activities that help me grow and learn. At the end of class, the teacher said that her measure of success is, "Woul

Where does your time actually go? Do you spend it in conversation with friends or family? Are you spending it learning something new? Maybe cooking or sewing or practicing a new language. Or maybe you’ve decided to go back to school or travel abroad for a few months. There are infinite ways to spend time. Yet we choose to spend so much of it online. We’ve been taught—often without even realizing it—to be self-conscious and to feel incomplete, always wanting something we don’