Tag: anxiety
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What It’s Like
Hey there mister Tin ManYou don’t know how lucky you areIf you’d ever felt one breakingYou wouldn’t want a heart -Miranda Lambert I wept my way through a funeral last weekend. Obviously, that’s normal, but I barely knew this young man. He was loved by many people I care about and they spoke of him…
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Remember the Goodness
I recently realized that although I believe in a good God, I don’t believe he will give me good things. That’s all. End of post. Okay, I guess I’ll expand a little. I watched Brené Brown’s Netflix special a few weeks ago (stop reading and go watch it if you haven’t yet), and she talked…
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The Intimidation Factor
I’ve been thinking a lot about intimidation lately. Like all humans, there are people on this planet who intimidate me, for a variety of reasons. But in recent months, my ongoing attempts to be emotionally and spiritually healthy have required that I look that intimidation in the eye and deal with it. I’m not enjoying…
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Let’s Call This What It Is
I was meeting with two coworkers this week to explain what I would need from them in order to do something they were asking of me. For context, I explained that I have had to put a lot of boundaries in place lately in order to continue functioning. I said that last week I was…
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Fight Club
It’s been a strange week for me. I’ve felt inspired, depressed, incredibly sad, extremely encouraged, humbled by others’ kindness and generosity, humbled by my own failures, been very close to insanity, and yesterday I forgot to eat lunch. I don’t forget to eat food. Like JLaw says, “Eating is one of my favorite parts of the…
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The Worst Ninjas
I wake up late on Wednesday, but still make it to a meeting on time. I feel pretty good about myself for getting out of the house so quickly. Then, leaving that meeting, I get into a car accident. (Yes, Mom, I’m fine.) My car takes a pretty bad hit. But it’s just a car.…