Mental Health: Relationship Psychology

Amidst the stresses of moving, both the physical act of as well as the financial and emotional rollercoaster of relocating, the last thing one would want is to be bound up in the periodic stressor of a relationship. Just as moving has it glamorous points to the adventure – reinventing your space as home, both creatively and functionally – it also has its rough moments like getting to know that new space and adapting to its kinks and gradually revealing flaws. I’m finding that out slowly both in a new home as well as in a relationship. I am a grown-up, almost-25-year-old woman and yet this is only my second relationship ever. The silliest things seem skyscraper-tall the moment they implode. But just as any old advice column will tell you, communication is certainly key. Not only the talking (or venting), but the listening-part is perhaps the most vital. Skip over that, and, well, there’s little reconstruction that can be done down the road.

A wise woman recently reminded me of the relationship rollercoaster: now you’re starting to settle down out of the "honeymoon" phase. And learning more. So it’s the learning/teaching part where you need patience. Amen.

And on that note: I really, really want this Alexander Wang bag. This, for me, is the definition of “love at first sight.”



The Alexander Wang Trudy Tote...so exquisite, so beautiful.