I employed some Brené Brown wisdom this week when I was employed in a monthly-least-favorite task for work. Long story short, I was feeling frustrated […]
Rejuvenation
Rejuvenation this weekend looked like a mock-Alamo Drafthouse night with my friends, Gerry & Madeline — the only two people I’ve let into my social […]
Clean Slate
My notebook papers stuck to my wall with packing tape are curling in on each other now. Five weeks of hanging my habits in front […]
Listen
There’s this great episode in Avatar: The Last Airbender where Prince Zuko has a major freak out (i.e. identity crisis) and gets super ill and […]
Pop Rocks
We’re at that point in quarantine where, for better or for worse, the smallest joys can feel like miracles. Perhaps I shouldn’t call them small. […]
Roller Coaster
I used to describe my depression as a bad carnival ride I could not get off — not because there wasn’t an exit, but because […]
Small Changes
As my main haunts have been limited to my apartment, the greenbelt, and the bi-weekly trip to the grocery store, I’ve realized that I need […]
Reading the Room
There are days it’s important to soldier through the normal and there are days when you have to read the freaking room. The penultimate class […]
April 21, 2020
Every year I celebrate April 21st as an unofficial self-care/celebration of life/me day. For a full origin story, here’s the post I wrote last year. […]
Craft Crate Time
Last night I broke out my craft crate. That’s a pretty generous name considering it has only a Harry Potter coloring book, colored pencils and […]