NO HOLIDAY PLANNING I’ll say it again. No holiday planning. Some of us hate planning like Joan Crawford hated wire hangers. I’m some of us. I hate planning. Holiday functions require planning. I hate planning. You see where I’m going with this, right? As usual know,anybody can catch me with an attitude any given day…
A closed mouth doesn’t get fed. Right? One of the most humbling parts of managing a diagnosis, and life in general is learning to recognize our limitations. Limitations mean having less self-sufficiency. Less self-sufficiency?means asking?for help. Spoiler alert: I?hate asking for help.? There’s a saying “a closed mouth doesn’t get fed,” and like so many…
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Crazy Making Behaviors Relationships make me crazy. It’s the small realizations in life that sometimes make the biggest impact. Sometimes I over commit. I’m not talking about workload this time, I’m talking about people. There is nothing that ties my stomach into knots and sends my thoughts racing like relationships. There’s no point in denying…
Have you ever filled the trash can past its limits? The lid won’t shut anymore, you can plainly see it needs to be dumped but you keep pushing and pushing to fit more in. Why? There’s a myriad of reasons: Sometimes we’re too busy. Sometimes we are overwhelmed lazy. Sometimes there are too many distractions…
I’m not too proud to pick up wisdom, wherever it comes from. When you are fighting depression, ADHD, or even the basic everyday challenges of life, you can’t fear a creative approach. Fortunately, I have a crew who teaches me new things all the time: my kiddos. We’ll be in their classroom for a little…
Disclaimer: This post talks about a rather embarrassing part of mental illness, one that a lot of people hide because society tells them they should be ashamed of it. If you know someone like this, encourage them instead.? Clinical depression takes away your desire and concern about life. It doesn’t care about niceties like social…
Once upon a time, I was a saleswoman. No, Really. I sold vacuums door to door. And it was exhilarating and awful all at the same time. Every morning in the vacuum game you have a meeting to get you pumped for strangers to slam doors in your face and scream at you to get…
I’ve read articles about how we millennials are obsessed with ourselves and how we don’t know how to socialize. I have heard how lazy we are and how we only stare at our phones. Has anyone writing these things ever thought we may be putting the technology to good use? I’m going through…
