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Everyday life has some explaining to do.
Humorous real-life essays for anyone whose five-year plan looks like a toddler's scribble. No lifestyle overhauls, no self-help homework, and absolutely no chores. Just a funny escape delivered straight to your inbox while the piles of laundry and bills play tag.
Essays Best Read Sitting Down

An Argument For Patience & Quiet
The internet will still be there when you finish reading.
Essays on real life, creative detours, and the things that deserve a second thought. Best enjoyed with coffee and a few uninterrupted minutes, which now qualify as luxury goods. A little thought, a little humor, and something to linger over without being asked to lone, share, or become a better person by Thursday.
Read at your own pace. There’s no prize for scrolling the fasting or finishing the internet.

I'm Cat Rainwater.
I used to tell people how to fix their lives for a living, then I got sick. Of myself. I've reverted to my natural state: writer, researcher, and firm believer that sitting down with coffee counts as doing something important and not every moment requires a 6 step self help routine. I’ve been featured in The New York Times and contributed to two Amazon bestsellers, written for POPSUGAR, Austin Fusion Magazine and Austin Moms Blog... which sounds rather grand until you see me negotiating with a cat over possession of my desk, then diving for a mug full of hot coffee before it hits the floor. I mostly write about adulting's unexpected detours we all experience but ignore.
I notice things, ask questions, and keep receipts, which is either a writing practice or grounds for concern among my family and exes. Then I write it all down before someone tells me to turn it into a reel with weird dancing.
I prefer life off social media, so I built this little corner of the internet for writing, reading, and conversations we can finish before someone swipes us away. Thanks for being here. Make yourself comfortable.



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