My iPhone lets me know my screen time average once a week; that is, how much time each day I’m spending looking at my phone. It was 2 hours and 13 minutes last week. With an average of 69 phone pickups per day. And that was down 17% from the week before. I am mildly appalled.
The Door
I stare at the closed door
While ages passed, or more
Wondering what I could find
Looking at what’s left behind
I’m Not Telling You To Go To Therapy, But You Should
TW: Brief mention of self-harm For me, going to see my therapist is like going to the gym, not like going to urgent care. It’s […]
Wine-Colored Glasses
We are immersed in a heavy drinking culture, especially living in Austin when there are so many cool ways to drink casually: wine tastings, brewery hopping, hipsters bars, and great happy hour and boozy brunch deals. It does seem that most of social life is revolved around drinking. Even the most casual hang is a “come over for pizza and wine.”
For the day of love
I wrote in an old poem
In the depths of Before
Do you think I’ll believe in love after this?
Speak Gently to Yourself
I’m still working on talking gently to myself. Our internal soundtrack is our reality: loving or trashy or everything in-between our thoughts color every scene of our life. It matters how we react and perceive our outside world but it matters more how we react to our own internal monologues.
The Whimsical Affirmators
One of the more whimsical pieces of my content diet is the deck of Affirmators! cards l keep in my office. I’m the type of HR person who puts out toys and candy to try to lure unsuspecting team members into being friends with me. The cards are inspirational humorous horoscopes of positive affirmations. They are quirky and smile-worthy and take some of the cheesy-ness out positive affirmations by leaning way into it.
Starting My Queer Young-Adult Happy Endings Book Club
A few months ago I started a book club with my coworker. She had mentioned years ago that she used to belong to a queer […]
Saving Gratitudes
Happiness and gratitude are all tangled up in one another. You need to know, and know intentionally, what makes you happy and what makes you grateful. In the every day, these things fill you up with light. In the hard days, these things are a refuge. It becomes a to-do list. I love my family so I call my family. I love baths so I draw myself a bath and light a candle. It’s hard to conjure light when we’re in the dark so we need to keep some bottled from the bright days. Make a list, save it away, use it well.
Fitness: What’s Working For Me
I talked about a few things I began last year (my year of Rhythm) that finally got me in a routine for fitness that I’ve been able to hold … longer than I’ve held one in a long time. Everyone’s different, but I wanted to expand and share what’s working for me.