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Mental Health

And then there was NutraSweet – an off-the-cuff joint.

I’m not a big fan of “what’s your favourite” questions because mostly, I don’t have favourites, and people tend to think that’s odd. What is your favorite drink? Whereas I think having favourites for categories so broad as drink, book, car, and movie is the strange choice. What kind of drink are we talking about, anyway? Favourite hot drink? Favourite still drink? Favourite carbonated beverage? … Continue reading And then there was NutraSweet – an off-the-cuff joint.

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Mental Health

Bring on the connectivity – an off-the-cuff joint.

Gen X is an interesting generation. We’ve not only borne witness to amazing changes, we’ve embraced and adapted to them. We’re the kids born between the mid-sixties and 1980. We’re the latchkey kids and the MTV generation. We’re women in higher education and the workforce without (official) restrictions. We’re ostensibly about equal rights. We watched the wall fall and consumer-based capitalism triumph and hasn’t the … Continue reading Bring on the connectivity – an off-the-cuff joint.

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Mental Health

To-do lists – an off-the-cuff joint.

I live with anxiety and c-PTSD among other neuroses – humble brag – and lists are my happy place. I find them aspirational and inspirational. I can tend to aimless wheel spinning with my puttering – reorganizing the library again is a lateral move no matter how it soothes anxious feelings – so lists can lead to me feeling productive at the end of the … Continue reading To-do lists – an off-the-cuff joint.

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Mental Health

Reading and libraries, an off-the-cuff joint.

The personal library. I’ve always had a library. Granted, at times, the “library” designation should perhaps be taken with a grain of salt. Is a teenager’s closet really a library, even if half is sectioned off for only books? Can you call it a library if it’s only the three shelves of the built-in wardrobe in your dorm room? I did. Perhaps it’s more accurate … Continue reading Reading and libraries, an off-the-cuff joint.

Unknown's avatarMichelle21 Comments