A Perspective Reset

Anyone else deep in the winter blues? https://twitter.com/rosieculture/status/1619095197316698112?s=46&t=zbs0ntKEormA1bm39IMsHA There’s nothing worse to me than a winter without one really good snow where you can go out and build a snowman. My dog loves it, I love it, and global warming has taken it away from us!! Besides that, I’ve just all around have had a…

Bad Mouthing Your Ex Is Hurting You, Not Him

The 7 stages of grief are: Shock, it doesn't quite feel real that your relationship is over. Denial, we try to work things out, talk it out, do anything and change everything to get back together. Anger, we call you names. We tell you it's all your fault, you're a horrible person, you're the reason…

Anxiety Around Actually Returning To Normal

On April 23, 2020 I wrote a blog post on this exact topic. I will be the first to admit I've been thoroughly naïve through this whole pandemic, always thinking that things were about to get better. It's been over a year since I wrote that last post and now, finally, things are slightly resembling…

Knowing Your Worth – Even When You’re Unemployed

Unemployment really makes you struggle with your value and self-worth, especially as time passes. It may seem like you should take any job that comes your way, it's something I've struggled with during the process. I've applied to jobs that need way less experience than I have, pay way less than I was paid before.…

When Times Are Tough, How Do You Cope?

My friend Bill asked me this questions as part of my nomination for the Liebster Award. When times are tough, how do I cope? I don't, if we're being honest. I'm pretty big on shutting down and ignoring the world when things begin to get too tough. My body even rejects the stress, I normally…