Stories

A little reminder to slow down

On tired deflating bike tires, soft smiles, and learning to rest without guilt

Nov 13, 2025 • Jen Vermet

What’s the Five Year Plan?

A love-hate letter to planners for the rest of us still figuring it out

Oct 23, 2025 • Jen Vermet

My Medicine to Overthinking is Movement

Notes from my first fall walk in five years through Amsterdam 🌿 (Letter 284)

Oct 16, 2025 • Jen Vermet

Pressing Record without Perfection

How I’m DIY-ing my first audiobook (with a cat as my critic)

Sep 18, 2025 • Jen Vermet

Three years. Zero hangovers.

My longest relationship yet is sobriety.

Aug 29, 2025 • Jen Vermet

Six months from today, I turn 30

scenes from Dutch dreams and the spaces in between

Aug 15, 2025 • Jen Vermet

How a spoonful of sweetened condensed milk changed my life

A sweet sixteen story I’ll never forget (letter 273)

Aug 1, 2025 • Jen Vermet

💎 An Invitation to a Shiny Object Day

what if ADD stood for living with Attention Delight in our Day? (letter 267)

Jun 26, 2025 • Jen Vermet

🌏 One Wild Southeast Asian Ride

Eight months of tuk-tuks, temples, tears, and thrill (letter 266)

Jun 18, 2025 • Jen Vermet

Living in liminal spaces

and the pressure of possibility when everything calls your name

Apr 25, 2025 • Jen Vermet

🦑 A Sweaty Squid Starts Thai Massage School

My journey to acceptance from sixth grade dance court to Thai massage healing touch

Apr 4, 2025 • Jen Vermet

🔍 Finding Certainty in Uncertainty

From panic to peace on plane bathrooms

Oct 3, 2024 • Jen Vermet

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