Like WRITING. ([voice in head] “stay busy, have a plan!”) It’s been a curious time since the pandemic. The self-wellness craze has always been there in some way or form, it just seems more profound now because 1) We have more devices to let us know we may be off…

Oh, I’m sorry, did you think I’d talk about Geopolitical data sharing concerns? I recently deleted TikTok as the bull in a china shop (pun intended) nature of my addictive personality continues to bowling ball through life. It joins the other social media candlepins— though not for the same reasons…

And last week at school pick-up. Let’s start with a few truths. People are nosy. Call it a natural curiosity or some sort of primordial evolutionary tactic of dominance, but people are all up in your business. But it’s not just as simple as your neighbor peering through the blinds…

Plot-Twists to the often same outcome Being able to properly dismiss an occurrence as irrational thoughts or “just my anxiety talking” is a coping skill that I struggle with. I think it is because it has betrayed me in the past, and when that betrayal occurs, it can be shattering. …

Life is not an action movie sequence. I kind of scoff every time I see the well-worn article or book titled “How to Do Nothing.” It has become really common, though I think as more of a safety blanket, because the author knows that we all struggle doing nothing. Or…

A Burden that is a Blessing I have an awful default setting to compare myself to successful people. It’s like a motion detector system to avoid me getting into too much of a good mood. Then a process begins though of trying to poison my comparison. It naturally winds its…

What to say to the person you likely have said too much to… My sister is a special and awesome person. She is much more like me than my older brother, who somehow escaped a lot of the day to day darkness. I often painstakingly wonder, perhaps when most frustrated…

“Don’t tell my mom we booked EVEN MORE SPACE” How many reluctant rather forced traditions do we have out of respect for a parent? Going further, out of respect for what that parent would think their deceased parent would think? Think of all the societal conventions that were once so…

Move over Dark Purple Stuff….. I am writing this more as an appendix of sorts, something that I can refer back to when I need to be reminded of the various things I can do to NATURALLY (or, at least with a caffeinated or confectionary drug that is not alcohol)…