Category: Life Skills
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Frog Hunting – Episode 2
Note from the author: This is a follow-up to the post “Frog Hunting,” which you may want to read first. After six months of unsuccessful attempts to meet men online, I canceled my online dating account. Then, after eight months of unsuccessful attempts to meet men in person, I joined a new dating app.…
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Fear Factors
Oh, hey! Haven’t seen you in a while. How’ve you been? I purposely did not post for the month of March because I was out and about, running communication stuff for a large conference, and trying to do any extra writing would have likely resulted in spontaneous human combustion. Then, when I returned, I fully intended to…
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Good Enough
It seems that someone (who I suspect shares a large portion of my DNA) recently reminded my grandmother that I have a blog. I say “reminded” because she definitely knew at one point, but apparently she forgot and stopped reading. I know someone reminded her because she’s been in the hospital, and when I called her…
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Disordered Thinking
You see, I’d like to think I know myself pretty well. I majored in psychology, so I know how humans work, and I have a basic knowledge of mental health. I’ve taken many online personality tests, and I invest a lot of money to learn more about myself and then process what I learn.…
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The Inner Dialogue
My Emotional Self: BAAHHH! I HAVEN’T WRITTEN A BLOG POST AND I HAVE NO IDEAS AND I’M NOT EVEN A GOOD WRITER AND WHAT AM I GOING TO DO I GIVE UP IT’S OVER I NEED A NEW LIFE DREAM I’M GOING TO GO MAKE SOME BROWNIES My Logical Self: Seriously? Calm down. You haven’t…
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Being Mediocre
“I know people say that if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. But I also think that something can be worth doing at all, even if you can’t do it well.” – My Boss I don’t like doing things I’m not good at. That does not mean I don’t like trying new things…