Therapist-in-Training, Former Journalist, Founder of Unmasking Therapy
Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. Well, what can I say about October 2018? To be honest, it was a super interesting month! Actually, kind of an exciting month because I let go of one low-paying gig (News Editor at 21Ninety) and instead embraced a new high-paying gig (regular contributor at Simplemost/The Delite). It’s an…
Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. Last month, I finally hit my goal of making $5k a month… And I am thrilled that this month was even better. It was a difficult month, however. Despite my financial goals, I want to pause and acknowledge that financial success doesn’t necessarily mean that things are going fantastically…
Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. Well, I finally had a month that went pretty well! My writing goal since the beginning of the year was to make $5,000 a month and I FINALLY did it. I’m really excited about this, to be honest, because the past couple of months were difficult. I had shoulder…
This essay is part of the #52essays2017 series focusing on my memoir, Moscow Chica: How Growing Up in Cuba and Russia Made Me an American. For more, please follow this publication and subscribe to my newsletter. On January 31st, 1990, the first-ever McDonald’s opened in Moscow. At the time, life in the U.S.S.R. was difficult. I was almost four years old and my family…
Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. I have BIG news! As of today, I have joined Brit+Co as their new freelance lifestyle community editor. My new job is pretty great, to be honest. The company is based in San Francisco, but I will continue to work from my home in New York…