I Am Tired of Every Hobby Needing to Become Content
I am tired of every hobby needing to become content. Somewhere along the way, it stopped being enough to enjoy making something. If you write, you…
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What Chronic Illness Does to Your Sense of Time
Chronic illness and sense of time are deeply connected in ways that are hard to explain until your life starts getting measured in appointments, symptoms, test…
I Would Like One Week Without a Side Quest, Please
I would like one week without a side quest, please. Not a perfect week, because I have realistic expectations and some experience with my own life.…
I Would Practice Self-Care, but Everyone Keeps Asking Me Where Things Are
There is a version of realistic self-care that exists almost entirely on the internet. In that version, you light a candle, take a long bath, put…
Nobody Warns You That Your 30s Might Require a Complete Character Respec
When I pictured my thirties, I thought this was supposed to be the part where everything finally settled down. Apparently, reinventing yourself in your 30s was…
I Don’t Have Too Many Interests. I Just Have One Brain and Not Enough Hours
I don’t think having too many interests is actually my problem. I think I have one brain, a completely unreasonable number of ideas, and nowhere near…