Jan 20, 2022Adulting: Open Your Eyes, Sweetpea!I kept making one HUGE mistake in my recent self-defense class: I would throw my punches with my eyes closed. I guess I thought that by...
Jan 15, 2022Adulting: Rushing the Mundane...If I have a big pile of laundry in front of me, my energy is focused on getting those pieces folded and put away. And fast. I typically...
Jan 8, 2022Adulting and Encouragement: Journals and Jessica SimpsonInspiration to keep writing my story/my blog recently came from an unusual source: Jessica Simpson. This past year I listened to her book...
Dec 31, 2021Adulting and Anxiety: Disliking Change...We are all facing another change: the new year of 2022. And I pretty much dread change. I’m that highly sensitive person that feels a...
Dec 18, 2021Adulting with Anxiety: The Thrill of Hope...A phrase I keep encountering again and again: get comfortable being uncomfortable. (I know, this seems a far cry from a feel-good...
Dec 9, 2021Adulting and Friendship: I'm Sick of "Perfect"...I now realize how strong my perfectionist tendencies are. Friends who know me well have seen it all along, I'm sure (and are probably...
Dec 2, 2021Adulting: What Being Sleepy Taught Me....I mention in a previous blog entry that my psychiatrist issued me a challenge to stop napping. My current medicine (albeit helpful) was...
Nov 19, 2021Adulting: Eating the Frog...ETF: Eat the Frog, is the name of a gym my friend used to go to. I had so many questions for her because I had never heard that phrase....
Nov 11, 2021Adulting: Stretching, but not in the Traditional Sense...I read this advice printed on the tab of my Dorset Cereal’s granola box: Today’s a day to chat to someone new. Or someone old. Or anyone...