Kim Quindlen

I’m a staff writer for Thought Catalog. I like comedy and improv. I live in Chicago. My Uber rating is just okay.

The Most Important Thing You Need To Remember When Your Anxiety Sets In

You’re struggling now. You’re terrified now. You feel alone now. You’re telling yourself it will be okay. You’re telling yourself you will get through this. You’re telling yourself you will be stronger when you come out on the other side. But you have a hard time believing it.

40 Things You Can Do This Winter Instead Of Going Outside

Learn every single word to Eminem’s “Lose Yourself.” Then figure out a way to time travel back to your seventh grade dance and perform it for your classmates so that they’ll finally think you’re cool.

19 Things That Happen When You’re A Self-Diagnosed Hypochondriac

A stomach ache is NEVER just a stomach ache. It is ALWAYS probably appendicitis.

I Love You For Loving Me In The Ugly Moments

It’s a tough disease. It’s ugly and scary and it can get in the way of trying to feel normal. But it has shown me what a special person you are.

You Think She Wants The Love That’s Portrayed In The Movies, But Here’s What She Actually Wants

She knows love at first sight isn’t real. Attraction at first sight is real. Desire at first sight is real. But not love. Love develops out of a series of small and ordinary moments that you don’t even realize are important.

10 Things You Say That Prove You’re Unhappy At Your Job

It’s not weird that I fantasize about my office building burning down so that work gets canceled.

23 Seriously Deep Haikus That Will Reflect Your Winter Depression

Good morning, jogger.
I’m not standing here, hoping
You’ll fall on your ass.

Learning To Love Small Accomplishments In A World That Idolizes Perfection

The pressure will never go away. It will try to stop you, and consume you, and keep you from going on. But all you have to remember is that one step forward on the right path is always going to get you farther than staying put.

18 Struggles Of Being Outwardly Unemotional But Secretly Having All Of The Feelings

Sometimes people will ask you how many times you’ve cried in the last year, as if you’re going to pull out a journal that lists the date and time of every breakdown you’ve had in the last 12 months.

17 Reasons We Constantly Feel Pressured To Get Engaged Before We’re Ready

Because weddings have been ingrained in our minds as the climax of our existence. The most important day of our lives. The greatest thing we will ever do… instead of what they really are.

21 Resolutions People Are Least Likely To Stick To (And Why)

Drinking less: Just… just… no.

This Is What Friendships Are Like In 2015

Having a guard up is standard. We keep things hidden because we don’t want to drop the burden of not being perfect on someone close to us. We don’t want them to have to deal with the atrocity of loving us as we are.

Why We’re Addicted To Feeling Uninspired

Because saying that we’re “uninspired” is our way of avoiding what we know is best for us, and what we know we truly want. We want to live off of the idea that someday we’ll do this, someday we’ll achieve our dream. But not today. It’s too overwhelming to begin our lifelong dream today. It’s too scary. So we’ll blame it all on a lack of inspiration.