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My Mortifying Evening With Fibro

21 Feb

I can’t blame it all on fibromyalgia. My printer had its share of guilt. And of course COVID. The snowstorm wasn’t innocent. Yet wherever the blame may go, it was I who was mortified. Last Thursday evening, the municipal authority...
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I Just Made a “Reset Box”: What’s Inside

28 Jan

It was quite a journey of thought, which I won’t bore (or frighten) you with, but I’ll tell you where I landed. I decided to make a piggy bank of sorts, filled with ways to reset a moment when I...
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11 Things I Do at Bedtime That Make Life a Little Better

22 Jan

I love preparing ahead for myself. Doing those little (or big) things that might make a future moment better. (It’s why I keep up my Splatquake kit.) So doing little things for my tomorrows has become part of my bedtime...
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Mantra Checkpoints for Impossible Days

6 Dec

I do love using the Splat system and the Impact Map to help manage self-expectations and to lighten the load, when I’m having my worse days, without all the guilt. But there are plenty of times in life when adulting...
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Salvage Your Pandemic Calendar with Theme Days

1 Dec

Ever since the shutdowns in March, I’ve been honing my staycation and day-trip skills. I was supposed to fly to Scotland at the end of March, to celebrate my 40th birthday. When that was looking unlikely, I came up with...
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Creatively Overcoming Mental Health Effects of Chronic Pain (or whatever may be attacking your mental health)

12 Nov

Chronic pain doesn’t just literally hurt. It takes a toll on our mental health as well. Some of the ways it affects *my* mental health are: One of my chronic pain conditions (fibromyalgia) actually has mental health symptoms! These include...
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The Danger of Touting an Easy “Cure” for COVID-19 … or Any Illness

14 Oct

I am a “Supercontributor” for one of my favorite things on the internet: a wellness website called The Mighty. Last week, they reached out to me to see if I’d write an article responding to President Trump’s statements about his...
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My Easy Daily Journal

8 Oct

I started a new routine and I really like it! I started keeping a journal that’s been really easy and helps me stay focused and positive. I take about five minutes (or less) each morning on it, and spend a...
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An Unexpected Intersection of Ageism and Ableism

18 Sep

From Oxford Languages: ageism /ˈājˌizəm/ noun prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person’s age. ableism /ˈābəˌlizəm/ noun discrimination in favor of able-bodied people. Ageism and ableism go hand-in-hand; the natural aging process is indicative of lessening capabilities and...
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Why Their Opinion of You Doesn’t Matter

4 Sep

I caught myself being bad again. This time I caught myself caring way too much what other people think. I’d been doing pretty well not caring about others’ opinions of me and my actions and choices, but more and more...
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