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Me and Katy Perry
With all the life-changing drama of my old job, I found solace in certain songs. Obviously I wrote about them. (“Inspirational” Playlist) I’ve added a handful more over the past few months. Katy Perry makes up three of the songs on the list. “Roar” is the one that Apple Music told me I listened to… →
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This Is Me
Somehow I have managed to write a post at least once every day in January. I didn’t set out to do that, but here we are, on the last day of the month and I’m writing another post. The daily prompt doesn’t particularly speak to me today, so I’d like to make my final January… →
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Scared? Do it anyway!
What’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it? I don’t have a good answer for this today because I’ve already done something that I was most scared to do. I’ve written about this a LOT, but especially with this question today, it’s worth mentioning again.… →
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Traditionally Traumatic
Write about a few of your favorite family traditions. There are two things that immediately come to mind when looking at this prompt today. I first thought of Christmas traditions when I was a kid. Traditions such as my sisters and I camping out all in one bedroom on Christmas Eve to keep me from… →
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“Oh look! She’s triggered!”
That’s what my middle school students would say when they saw me getting irritated with them. Then they’d ask me if I was triggered. I would always assure them that I wasn’t. Whatever TikTok definition of triggered they were familiar with was not what I felt when they would think I was mad. But now… →
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A Job Good For My Mental Health
What’s your dream job? When I was a kid, my dream job was being a teacher and a writer. Teaching won out for practical reasons. It would take a lot more effort to be a writer that could make enough money to support myself. Stephen King I am not. I did ultimately become a teacher,… →
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My Person
Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved? I’m going to get all cheesy and lovey-dovey with this question today. After all, Valentines Day is next month and his birthday is Monday. Wherever my husband is, that’s where I have felt loved. I have almost 25 years of positive examples of how… →
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Go to F’ing Therapy!
Yes, the abbreviated F word is absolutely necessary in the title of this post. When you find a therapist that works well for you, and believe me, that’s not all of them, it does wonders! I’ve tried various therapists over the years that I have lived with mental illness and one did turn out to… →
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The Truth About Anxiety
It sucks. It’s irrational. It’s unexpected. It can’t always be explained. It showed up for me yesterday out of nowhere. Since quitting my job last summer, I have not had much anxiety. The elation I felt at escaping that nightmare of a job overrode any feelings of anxiety that may have wanted to creep in.… →
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Recent Inspiration
Here’s a new assortment of things I have screenshotted from social media that have spoken to my heart lately. →