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What kind of person am I?
5Ws Wednesday On Threads, I have this description on my profile page: “Just a woman in my 40s figuring out what kind of person I really am.” There’s more after that but that’s the first sentence. Last year, I was on a journey of healing where that statement was very true. I didn’t know what… →
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Unexpected Side Effect
Thursday Thoughts on Mental Health As I drove to West Virginia today, I thought initially that my “mental health Thursday” post would be about how good it felt to take a solo trip like this. Deciding when to stop, where to eat lunch, what music to listen to…etc. But as it turns out, it didn’t… →
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A Timeline of Anxiety & My Last Day
Thursday Thoughts on Mental Health My last day of work was today. The anxiety about it started yesterday. Here’s how the anxiety progressed… Wednesday, 5:00 pm: I came home from work and recognized the familiar anxiety. But why did I have it? Was I not excited about my last day? I couldn’t quite tell if… →
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Some Good Reminders
Screenshot Saturday This week’s screenshot came up in my memories on Thursday. I had saved it three years ago. If memory serves, three years ago, I was beginning to come to the end of my first year of grad school. While my second year, the internship year, was the worst, the first year was certainly… →
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Amazing, But Not Really
Thursday Thoughts on Mental Health With my line-up of daily themes, I noticed Thursday didn’t have one. In thinking about what I wanted to write about today, I decided mental health topics in general would be good for Thursday. It is, after all, what I aim to do on my platforms. Talk about mental health… →
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It Gets Better
Coming from a family with a history of mental illness and trauma, I know for a fact that things get better. It did for me and it will for you too. →
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Who was that?!
5Ws Wednesday Yesterday I lived a recurring nightmare. The one where your boss calls and asks why you aren’t at work. And there you are, still in bed because you slept through your alarm. Well, that didn’t exactly happen yesterday, but it was similar. I was happily organizing my creative space. Resetting the Roku stick… →
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Never a Problem
Screenshot Saturday This week’s screenshot is actually from a few days ago and not from the “archives” of my camera roll. I saw it on Facebook and immediately had thoughts on it. I also immediately followed the person who posted it. What struck me initially was the first part about family that “only met the… →