How to Weed Your Life

It's not an easy thing to do, weeding.

If my early twenties were defined by casting the net too wide, collecting friends so that I had them, trying to be beloved by all, my late twenties are the opposite: Who are all these people to whom I think I owe my time? Who are these people who are nice and fun, but for whom I always feel like I'm dressed up?

Essay published in print by Gossamer magazine. It’s also available on Instagram here.