Hi friends! I started this post in one headspace, and now I’ve landed in an adjacent, but slightly different one. Can I vent for a minute? It’s not the big things that do us in, right? Okay, yes—explosions happen sometimes. I have been guilty of that. But death by a thousand cuts? That still rings… Continue reading The slow burn of workplace frustration
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My toxic love affair with planners, to-do lists, and the illusion of control
Some people journal. Some meditate. I create highly detailed to-do lists I will absolutely ignore by 3 p.m. Welcome to my very unhealthy coping mechanism. I am in a long-term, mutually destructive relationship – with planners. To-do lists, digital calendars, sticky notes. They make me feel lazy and useless, I leave them to gather dust… Continue reading My toxic love affair with planners, to-do lists, and the illusion of control
I went to grad school and all I got was this trauma
Move over horse girls — this one's for the bug girls. As a kid, I feel like if you liked science, you chose one of two fixations: dinosaurs or space. Now, I loved both — still do. I'll go to a dinosaur-space double feature at any natural history museum. But my true love? Came from… Continue reading I went to grad school and all I got was this trauma
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