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Growth from Mental Illness
To ask me what experiences have helped me grow the most, today, is a very timely question. Yesterday was Self-Injury Awareness Day. March is Self-Harm Awareness Month. Self-injury was very much a part of my story when I was in college. My recovery from it is what has contributed most to the person I am… →
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Fate/Destiny/God’s Plan…
Without a doubt, I 100% believe in fate/destiny. However, I see it as God’s plan for me. Because I know that God has a plan for all of us. That’s what my faith has taught me. Things happen for a reason. My husband has a hard time with this. So many negative things have happened… →
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Just a Phase
I’m late to respond today, but can’t break my streak! This is a hard “question” to answer. I can easily look back on the different phases of my life and immediately answer that I am glad to be through with it. The things that made it bad are a lot more vivid in my memory… →
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I Am Who I Am
If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? My answer to this question depends on the parameters involved with being someone else. While I am spending the day as someone else, am I consciously aware that I am still myself but appearing to be in someone else’s life?… →
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Growth
Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on. I really think we’ve had this exact same question before. Have I been answering these long enough to see we’re circling back to old prompts? Oh well. I’m pretty sure last time I wrote that I am the most ambitious DIY project I’ve ever taken… →
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YOU Calm Down!
If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? There are many words that should be banned. The racial slurs, or really, any word that disparages a person for something out of their control. And not just out of their control, but something that is simply a part… →
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The Unchallenged
What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months? The great thing about this new life of mine…a life post-grad school, post-stressful career is that I don’t know what my biggest challenge will be in the next six months. While I was in grad school, the challenge was my internship, or… →
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The Listening Ability of Teenagers
What advice would you give to your teenage self? I have spent a great deal of time lately reflecting on this very topic. I yearn to go back and have a conversation with my teenage self. As I have been reading and sharing my journals from that time period, I see the girl I was… →
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Let Them Be Bored!
Are adults ever really bored? Because really, if something bores you, as adults, we have the choice to not participate in it. Even if it’s a person, we can make the choice to not engage with that person. There are so many things at our disposal that can alleviate boredom. Sitting in a dull staff… →