Egregiously single & forever alone with Rachel (new podcast coming!)

<p class="p1">So … I did a thing. A BIG thing. And since it’s my (well, <em>our</em>) podcast, I’m allowed to make Kristen interview me about the big thing I’ve done. ;)</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Back in January, when Kristen and I were trying out (and massively resisting) <a href= "https://clarityonfire.com/artists-way-julia-cameron/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="s1"><em>The Artist’s Way</em></span></a><em>,</em> an idea fell nearly fully formed, into my lap:</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">I want to create my own podcast about my ridiculously long, weird, confusing, painstaking journey through singledom. I knew immediately how I wanted it to sound, what stories I wanted to tell, what the art could look like, what the chapters would be called … I just needed to sit down and actually <em>make</em> it.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">The idea was so potent that it wouldn’t let me sleep, for nights in a row, until I started writing it all down—it poured out, almost faster than I could keep up with.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">I’ve been working on it in fits and bursts ever since, and <strong>next Wednesday, August 18—my birthday, as a matter of fact—I’m dropping the first episode of my new miniseries, <em>Forever Alone: One introverted millennial’s half-agonizing, half-hopeful journey through singledom.</em></strong></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Kristen got to treat me like a “normal person” this month, so listen in as she and I talk about…</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1"><span class="s3">How not getting something you want for years on end can drive you a little crazy, and make you question everything you think you know about yourself, and how life works.</span></li> <li class="li1"><span class="s3">Why this podcast sounds like it’s about dating and relationships, but it’s really about reconciling with BIG things—existential crises, anxiety and depression, belief in something bigger than