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Surviving Myself
The last couple of days have been a rollercoaster of emotions. Earlier this week I really struggled. I had spiraled after an argument with my husband—even though we had already talked things through. I just couldn’t shake the feeling that I was a burden to my family, like I was holding them back. The thoughts Continue reading
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A Rocky Start
Well, today (Sunday) turned out to be kind of a terrible day to start working on goals. But here we are. I guess I’ll have to get used to not reaching all of them—that’s part of life, right? Here’s what I had planned for this week alone: So far, the only goal I’ve met is Continue reading
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Challenging Communications
I’ve come up with a new goal for my Midlife Challenge project — something that stresses me out just enough to push me outside of my comfort zone, but also sounds like it could be fun. Ultimately, it will help me grow. I’m going to reach out to people I’d normally feel uncomfortable speaking to. Continue reading
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A Challenge Born from Trauma
Here’s the truth: I want to move forward, but I’ve been stuck. For a while now, I’ve avoided this blog because I didn’t know how to share what’s been going on. But continuing to post like nothing happened has felt dishonest—like I’m ignoring the elephant in the room while it quietly crushes my chest. So Continue reading
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I’m Here
After two months of trauma, I decided it was time to come back to posting here. I’m not sure when the last time I posted was, but I feel like I was healthier when I was writing regularly. So here I am. Before I begin, I’ll briefly say that I’m not going to post about Continue reading
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Calling All Readers: I Need Your Help! 📚
I’m on a mission this year to read a lot more — with the wildly ambitious goal of hitting 100 books by the end of the year (definitely unrealistic, especially since I only started a few days ago and have just five books under my belt — hey, aim high, right?). One of my sub-goals Continue reading
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First Annotated Regret
I just started annotating books for the first time ever. We’ll see if I end up liking it. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s something I found on the Instagram version of BookTok. Basically, you highlight or underline passages based on different themes or backgrounds. I’m hoping it’ll help me remember the Continue reading
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Late Night Tuesday Talley
I finally broke through my weight-loss plateau — and I’m feeling so happy about it! How did I do it? I cheated.For one day, I let myself eat a little more and indulged in foods I don’t normally have. I didn’t go crazy, but since this trick has worked for me in the past, I Continue reading
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The Weekend: Slow and Sweet
This weekend was a total success. Aside from the vet appointment on Thursday (see previous post), we didn’t do too much. Yesterday was super chill because I was on-call for work. I didn’t want to risk jinxing it by going out, knowing I’d inevitably get called in — so we laid low and relaxed. Oh, Continue reading
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New Camera Bliss!
I got a new camera, and I’m excited about it! For those who don’t know—which is probably everyone reading this—I collect cameras. I’ve always been into photography, and at one point, I even had a fully operational in-home darkroom for black-and-white photography. In recent years, since film has become expensive and I no longer have Continue reading
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