Keep The Things You Love Offline
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how people with healthy, satisfied, and productive lives tend to avoid social media. Or at least excessive use of social media. Today… Read more »
Tag: mental health
And The News Is Gone With the Wind
It was the leaves that did me in. Leaves. After years of the news (especially our local news) becoming more and more ridiculous, sensational, and downright bonkers in the never-ending… Read more »
Think About What You’ve Gained, Not What You’ve Lost
Covid isn’t going anywhere, no matter how much we might wish it were otherwise. This long, drawn out ordeal isn’t anywhere near over, and the toll it’s taking on us… Read more »
Try Not to Poison Your Brain. You’ll Need It Someday.
(Standard disclaimer: I’m not a doctor, so nothing here is genuine medical advice. See your doctor for that. I’m just a person with a brain who’s learned just how fragile… Read more »
Writing in a Pandemic
The world is a scary place these days. Not to mention it’s an isolating place. We’re all facing levels of stress, scarcity, and uncertainty (on personal, governmental, and economic levels)… Read more »
What’s Really Worth Worrying About?
*Spoiler Alert: Very, very little.* I am a worrier. Even if you discount the anxiety that I struggle with, I still spend far, far too much of my life worrying…. Read more »
Can You Step Away From the Publishing Rat Race?
Part of the reason I hated corporate life was that it always felt like some kind of crazy rat race to nowhere. You spend years chasing after promotions and advancement… Read more »
Challenge Yourself Daily
I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. I’m more the sort of person who sees things that need fixing and fixes them. I don’t wait for some arbitrary… Read more »
Cooking for Creativity and Mental Health
In the past year and a half, I’ve discovered a new passion: Cooking. (And baking.) Believe me, I’m more surprised by this development than anyone else. Growing up, my mother… Read more »
Kick the Negative People to the Curb
I recently ended a long-term friendship. Perhaps friendship isn’t the right word, at least not for what the relationship became in the past few years. What began as an even… Read more »