June 2025 – The Movies I Watched, The Books I Read.
I didn’t read much this month, or rather, I didn’t read much in the way of books. I read journal articles instead, along with blog posts and news releases. Inquiring minds want to know. I worked hard at staying informed and educated until about the twentieth of the month, when the state of life, the universe, and everything – thank you, Douglas Adams – became … Continue reading June 2025 – The Movies I Watched, The Books I Read.
dead is dead
I lose a fair bit in the way of thought and phrases as a result of not writing things down as they occur. I tell myself I’ll remember the train of thought. I tell myself I’ll remember the circumstances that led to the inspiration and make lightning strike twice. Neither of those things ever happens. Sometimes, I forget I’ve had an idea at all. A … Continue reading dead is dead
It’s Good To Like Yourself, Actually.
*trigger warning, discussion of self-harm, attempted suicide Fine Forearms I used to tell people that the thing I liked most about myself was my forearms. It’s true. They’re aesthetically very pleasing. They’re symmetrical, which is a win on the human approval scale right off the hop. We’re wired to like symmetry. I suspect that’s one of the reasons my nerve-damaged chin bothers me so much … Continue reading It’s Good To Like Yourself, Actually.
Rewriting the Narrative: From Self-Doubt to Self-Acceptance
Prove You Earned That Air I struggle with feeling that I’ve not done enough to earn my air at any given moment of my existence. These long-standing feelings of insufficiency, of not being enough just as I am, without improvement, provided a door that my eating disorder used to sneak into my psyche with, and there she set up camp. I hustled and worked hard … Continue reading Rewriting the Narrative: From Self-Doubt to Self-Acceptance
From Famine to Feast 