you know that feeling?

ever been in a situation where you really want to try something but somehow never do, not because you are not ready but just because showing up somewhere new, alone, as an adult, feels weirdly exposing?

ever told yourself you will do it when you find someone to go with, and somehow that day never came?

yeah. us too.

there is this quiet list most of us carry. a pottery class, a language, a hike, a recipe that feels too ambitious, a sport we tried once and liked. things we have been meaning to get back to that just never get crossed off, quietly pushed to next month and the month after that.

she side quests started because of that list. you post a side quest, other girlies say yes, you pick a day and you go. that is genuinely the whole thing.

ps. even this space started as a side quest.