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Continue reading →: Overcoming Excuses: Building Better Habits
So I’m a cliche and like many other bloggers or writers I stopped as soon as life got slightly too hectic. I told myself I was too busy but I’m sure the screen time on my phone would begin to differ. I’m not going to sit here and laugh self-deprecatingly…
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Continue reading →: Fear, Uncertainty and Excitement: Beginning a New Adventure
This week I stepped into a world foreign to me. A whole new industry with its own language and culture. A role I have no experience in. For anyone, this would be an overwhelming and emotional experience but when you have BPD this can all be amplified. I often describe…
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Continue reading →: What If It Works Out? Confessions Of A Self-Described Pessimist
In the past, I’ve been almost proud of my pessimism. It wasn’t something I wore like a badge, but I knew my mind and thoughts tended to be more negative. Ironically I saw the positive sides of being a pessimist. I suppose I thought it was best to lean into…
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Continue reading →: From Chaos to Clarity: My Journey to Better Time Management
An issue that has plagued me for years is how I use my time. For some time I’ve wanted to use my time more wisely. I want to know I’m getting things done in a day instead of wasting time looking at my phone or some other mindless activity. Time…
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Continue reading →: Breaking Free From Wallowing: How I’m Pulling Myself Out of a Rut with New Routines and Small Wins
As I wrote last week I recently had the epiphany that I’ve been wallowing in depression in an unhealthy manner that has left me feeling no control in my life. Thanks to the honest and loving nature of my friendships I was snapped out of it and decided it was…
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Continue reading →: To Myself, with Tough Love: Breaking Free from Depression’s Comforting Embrace
I just celebrated my birthday on Halloween and I initially began writing this week’s post about how difficult I can find my birthday, my existential dread around time and basically how I feel like crap right now, especially about my position in life. I’ve found it hard lately not to…
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Continue reading →: Quiet Anger: Navigating Life with an Invisible Fire
I’m easily irritated. A fire seems to eternally sizzle in my chest and with a small push, it scorches through my blood yet from the outside you could not tell. When I was looking into BPD and trying to understand my new diagnosis I felt more connection with the lesser-known…