While writing yesterday’s post, I started on a tangent about the process of accumulating stuff and decided to develop it into its own post. Even as a person who is not big on shopping and has done multiple purges of stuff over the last bunch of years, I still have too much stuff. Some of … Read more
So … this is likely to ruffle some feathers, but that’s how things go sometimes. (I’m always amazed at things that ruffle feathers—this one, at least, won’t catch me off guard.) There’s been a lot of media attention to teachers’ salaries, and it’s rightly deserved. We’re not appropriately paid for the work we do. Lots … Read more
This is something that I’ve thought of in defensive and angry contexts but am now thinking about when I’m not triggered… Some people who I talk to totally understand weird crazy shit in my brain. I can talk about a reaction to something that I know isn’t a rational or logical reaction, and they get … Read more
I’ve been a little bit sick—not enough to stay home in bed, but enough to be exhausted, not mentally sharp, and need extra sleep—and so for your Friday, I’m offering you something written but not by me. I had this saved on my computer. It’s the text of an email several years old. I don’t … Read more
Every now and then, something crosses my path that rattles my thinking. These are all examples of things that I had literally never thought about until someone else shared it. • A post on Facebook pictured a wedding shop window display with a mannequin in a wedding dress in a wheel chair. The caption included, … Read more
The tree remembers what the axe forgets. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. I can, as the quote states, tell you stories about being a tree. Sometimes the giving tree (codependency much?). Sometimes a tree in a razed forest. Sometimes, um, a tree that fights back? Hahahaha the analogy only works for so … Read more
The other night, I had my second bouldering competition. (Read here about the first one.) It was organized differently than the first one. As a person who appreciates both efficiency and safety, I liked how it was set up. As a person who prefers to boulder without people watching, I didn’t like it at all. … Read more
Question from a reader: When I am angry or stressed, I usually give in to fast food, or chocolate. It is like a self-loathing thing. I don’t know how to explain it. I know you said to make a plan for each emotion, but what does that look like? When I feel happy, I will … Read more
A Facebook friend asked her online universe why cleanses and detoxes are so popular. My opinion? They’re popular because people believe they can trash their bodies for days/weeks/months/years and then “detox” for 2-5 days and call it even. It’s justification, and it lets people do what they want without feeling guilty because they “fix it.” … Read more