Minna JungThis overwhelming, exhausting lifeThere is a woman on TikTok — #nottheworstcleaner — who has become famous for her free cleanings of other people’s houses. She has a…Jun 14Jun 14
Minna JungThe lows and the lows of being a customer these daysA few months ago, I was traveling for work and the check-in process for the hotel allotted to all of us was very, very disorganized. First…Sep 10, 2023Sep 10, 2023
Minna JungKnowing and not knowing someone who is goneBack in the early 2000s, my kids were young, the Internet as we know it today was also young, and I was not writing a lot. After the birth…May 16, 2023May 16, 2023
Minna JungOn crushes, and celebrity crushes at thatI am an avid consumer of television and film and music and now that I’m in my mid-50s, I can look back on literally decades of celebrity…Feb 2, 2023Feb 2, 2023
Minna JungIn 2010, I had a very good job on the East Coast, and my husband had a less-good but still solid…I liked many things about Bucks County (I grew up there) but I was also annoyed by many aspects of it, too. If my husband and I managed to…Dec 16, 2022Dec 16, 2022
Minna JungA few random thoughts about the pandemicI have not yet had COVID (as far as I know). I am vaxxed and boosted to the max and it feels like everyone I know has had it, but I have…Oct 21, 2022Oct 21, 2022
Minna JungWhen cleanliness is a virtue and an obsessionI did not realize that making something clean — my room, myself — was actually something that needed to be taught, and learned. When…Sep 1, 2022Sep 1, 2022
Minna JungSelf-love is a processI love Lizzo. (I feel like I should not have to explain who Lizzo is.) I admire her for her tremendous musical talent and I admire her for…Jun 1, 2022Jun 1, 2022
Minna JungThe pain of seeing myself representedMy parents emigrated to the United States in the late 1960s. America was, at the time, experiencing a shortage of medical personnel and…Apr 17, 2022Apr 17, 2022