writing
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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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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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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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Sleepy Update
I had big plans for an in-depth post tonight. But as the hours ticked by, exhaustion crept in, and here we are—a shorter post than I’d hoped for, written while I fight to keep my eyes open. My apologies, friends. Still, I want to share something exciting: today, I took a big step toward a Continue reading
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Mini Adventure Bound
When I last left this blog, I mentioned that I thought I needed to step-up my game in trying to find myself again. I initially decided to take on a 30-day challenge for November to push myself into living more fully. Inspired by a prompt I found on Instagram, I turned to ChatGPT. After answering Continue reading
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The Unknown Road Home
I’m realizing that I talk a big game. The whole reason I started this blog was to try to reinvent myself after becoming a mom. I lost my true self in motherhood almost immediately after my kiddo was born. Now that I’ve said I’m going to do it, I don’t have a real plan beyond Continue reading
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Another Weekend of Projects and Working.
This weekend was productive. Yesterday I was on call at work. Of course I got called in because why would people want to work through the entire holiday weekend? I was frustrated because the person that paged me to work kept going back and forth. At first I had to go in. Then I didn’t, Continue reading
Ash Thoreau 