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Meet Lindsey: Member of The Single & Childfree Network
- Angela G.
- 3 days ago
- 4 min read
This space exists because of you: your stories, your honesty, your courage to live a life that doesn’t follow the script. And I want to start highlighting the incredible humans in this community and showing the world what a full, powerful, joyful SINK life actually looks like.
That’s why the Single and Childfree community * exists: to create a space where single and childfree women don’t have to explain themselves, defend their choices, or shrink their lives to make others comfortable. Plus, being in community with women who have the bandwidth for your friendship is so healing.
Each month, we feature a member of our community to share what their single and childfree life really looks like, what brought them here, what they’ve discovered, and what belonging in a like-minded community has meant to them.
In their own words, they share their experience of navigating life as a single, childfree [woman/adult], finding community, and embracing a life that is intentional, independent, and fully their own.
If you’ve ever wondered whether anyone else feels the way you do: you’re about to see that you’re not alone. This is where you belong.
Today, we’re spotlighting Lindsey from Charlotte, North Carolina
Tell everyone a bit about you!
I'm Lindsey, I live in Charlotte, NC and I'm 43 years old. I work as a graphic design art director, and I've worked in graphic design for over two decades. I am a cat lady with two kitties, sisters Frankie and Fiona, who are my everything. I love animals and have a great amount of empathy for them. My passions are the arts - particularly dancing. I started dancing at age 4 and really have not stopped. I currently dance as part of my physical fitness and I've been taking the same tap dance class for nearly twenty years. I've been dealing with plantar fasciitis, which has made dancing difficult. Not dancing, I have found, really affects my mental health even more than my physical health.
Mental health is something that I am also passionate about as I have generalized anxiety disorder and it's something I have to manage on a daily basis. I taught myself how to embroider during the pandemic as a way to pass the time, but I've come to really enjoy the journey of making something with my hands. It's become a way to relax, too. I enjoy reading and listening to audiobooks, rewatching The Golden Girls for the millionth time and staying home as I am a true introvert at heart.
What was going on in your life when you found the SINK community? And how did you find out about the space?
Angela popped up on my Instagram feed one day and it was amazing to see someone who was like me - single and not wanting children. I have always thought people took me as strange for not wanting those things, but it made me realize it's not that uncommon. When I saw my first post of Angela's. I thought, "oh wow, there are more like me?"
What made you decide to join and stay?
To see so many other women just like me is so freeing! I'm not alone in this fight.
Has being part of this community shifted anything for you?
It's just nice to be seen and I don't feel as alone in my choices
What’s one thing you love about your life because you’re single and childfree—or something you’re proud of that deserves more credit?
The independence. I can do what I want, when I want. I own my home and have paid off two cars all on my own. Applause!
What is a misconception about single and childfree life you want to debunk or an issue you want to clarify? OR, even something you wan to let people know about the REALITY of SINK life?
That our choices are valid and we deserve to exist in the world. That we won't CHANGE OUR MINDS!an to l
What’s one thing this community has validated for you that you didn’t realize you needed validated?
That the things I found annoying about how others perceived me is very common among other SINKS.
What would you say to someone who feels alone or forgotten because they’re single and childfree?
I see you. I hear you. I'm like you. You are not alone and we have your back.
Anything else you want readers to know about you, SINK life and the choice to be single and chidfree and The Single and Childfree Network?
We are awesome people and those of us who have felt forgotten by people who we thought were close friends are not alone. We will not be left out of the world just because we are on our own.
Joining a community of single and childfree women is LIFE CHANGING! And know, you aren't alone. Join us inside the network to meet other like-minded women. Plus, we do weekly co-working, monthly workshops, virtual meet ups and connect with SINKs in our cities. Check it out! You belong here!
*note: this group is for single (not partnered or in a relationship) AND (meaning both) childfree (not a parent, not parenting, not an empty nester looking for shit to do now that their kids left the house) women.
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