How Fear Eats Our "What Ifs" for Breakfast
I’m so tired of my fear right now. It’s like having another person in the room with me at all times, making me doubt my every move. And when I say “every move”, I mean EVERY MOVE.
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How Not to Punch Friends Who Think the Pandemic is a Conspiracy
One of the biggest challenges for me during all of this uncertainty, is feeling how I feel about how we should be acting within our communities, while having to deal with the fact that not all of my family and friends feel the same way. In fact, I seem to be in the minority.
Pandemic Life: Finding Excitement in the Little Things
In a way, we’re getting to know ourselves all over again. I mean, we live our lives in the manner that we do in part because of how the outside world dictates we do things. I’ve never really thought about that before, but now, it’s hard not to see. And the interesting part is that we’re watching this “new normal” grow right before our eyes.
I Don't Like Hugging Strangers: Quarantine Discovery of the Week
While we’re all feeling pretty dang trapped by this situation, I am trying to find a sense of freedom within this new normal. If you think about it, the second that we decide to loosen our grip and just let the new normal develop as it will, we are liberated. Because the truth is, it’s not up to us. And it won’t be for a while.
How the Pandemic is Actually Calming My Anxiety the Fuck Down
I’d like to do a study. How many people out there, who consider themselves to be content and calm individuals in their day-to-day life are freaking the fuck out right now? Now, how many people who are anxious 95% of the time, are actually finding that their anxiety/depressive tendencies have lessened now that we are in uncharted waters?
Shockabuku: How Sometimes I Need a Swift Spiritual Kick to the Head
Ever since the holidays, I have not been able to gain any traction in my work. Like one of those dreams when I’m trying to running but I can’t seem to build up any speed at all. At least I can say that it’s not for no reason. The past five months have been intense, and until about two weeks ago, I had not been feeling so great. Then I received a Shockabuku.
Slow and Simple Poetry from an Anxious Artist
Today I long to keep things simple. Simple mind and simple actions. Slow and simple, I say. The idea of getting into a long blog post about how I’m feeling seems a sad prospect. So, here I am, attempting a simple poem. I don’t write poems that often, but today, poetry seems to fit. So here you go.
Being Kind to Yourself This New Year: Three Ways to Ease into 2020
My therapist had to remind me that I am quite a capable person. I had to remind myself that it’s ok to take re-entry slow. So that’s where I’m at today. My new year’s intentions have become strategies to easing in to 2020.
Setting New Year’s Intentions Instead of Resolutions
I always want to start the new year bright eyed and bushy tailed, with confidence exuding from my pours and optimism oozing from my eye balls. AND I always find that come New Year’s Eve, I’m so stinkin’ tired from the holiday, that all I want to do is sleep. I mean, who wants to start 2020 in a coma.
Tiara is my Super Power: The Strange Ways I Stay Calm
I was standing in my studio right after kid #1 came in sick, and a half-hour later, kid #2 came in panicked and crying, and I thought to myself, “when did life get so chaotic?” Then I saw the sparkling tiara sitting on my shelf. I don’t know what it is, but that tiara makes me feel like a gad damn Wonder Woman. I wore it the rest of my day and at the dinner table. I have to love my family for not even mentioning it.