Yesterday in therapy I talked about how part of my stress over certain things were increased by stories friends shared on social media. They just happened to share a story about a topic that was part of my anxiety. For them it was “here is some interesting news I saw” while for me it was … More Trying to De-Stress My Online Life
I have had my laptop open for an hour. I’ve started and trashed several posts. I can’t seem to get the words out. I am only reading it fits and starts. It could be the book. It could be me. It could be both. I can’t settle my mind enough to do more than barely … More The Funk Continues
This has been a hard week. I have managed to post something every day. It hasn’t been easy and the posts were generally short and didn’t take a lot of effort. This is the time when I wish I had saved up some of the book tag type posts so I have a guide for … More How Do You Write When You Don’t Feel Right?
I’ve written before about what I call sudden onset melancholy. It is also one of the band names on my list. Those days when I’m just sad without a firm reason for the sadness. On those days, like today, it’s really hard to do much more than sit on the couch under a blanket and … More It’s Hard Sometimes
We are leaving to visit family Thursday. I always have a little stress when we travel even if it just a drive like this time. Here are things that have added to this stress to make it almost unbearable. Typing this real quick on my iPad. I guarantee there will be multiple mistakes. I don’t … More Stress On Top of Stress
I recently read Your Second Act by Patricia Heaton. I didn’t really relate to any of the stories included in the book of other people’s second act, but there were some good, general suggestions. Volunteer so you get an idea of what you might enjoy doing. Take aptitude and personality tests. Take classes. All good … More Let It Go
I know I’ve mentioned here before that sometimes I have days where I wake up with a lingering sense of unease or impending doom. When that happens, it is very hard to do much that takes any level of brain power. Today is one of those days. I woke up with a lingering anxiety. It’s … More A General Sense of Unease
I knew it was coming. I knew online school would lead to the end of the snow day. New York schools have no announced that there will be no snow days. Snow days will now be remote learning days. I assume other school systems will do the same. I’ve written multiple times about snow days … More In Defense of Rest
I discuss my struggle to write, read and even watch some TV right now. … More Brain Block
When anxiety lies and tells me no one wants to read my blog so I should just give up. … More Blogging and Anxiety
