I was trawling my archives the other day (because occasionally I check my stats for website views, and invariably someone has found a random article in the archives to read and I’ve no memory of what it is, so I click through to remind myself) and found the post below. I think, in this day […]
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The sitch: New GP. Went in to ask for a script thingy (words are hard) for my annual thyroid blood test, because I realised I’d forgotten to do that in January. My usual GP is the kind who a) costs money and b) is booked out 6-8 weeks in advance, so I decided to use
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Found this on a stumble through the archives, and it felt timely to repost. Go on. Be rebellious. You know you want to 😉 Modern Western consumer culture particularly sets us up to be in competition with each other – as men, as women, as non-binaries, as teens, as adults, in the workplace, in comparing
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Honestly, at this point it feels like I’ve been On Deadline since July, and–no, wait, probably June too. Yeah. And to be honest, it really, really sucks. Mostly, this is because Term 2 and Term 4 are crazy-town anyway with finals and marking and report writing etc, but largely it’s because Term 3, which is
I Really Have Nothing To Say Read More »
This is just about the most important lesson I’ve learned this year: fail to success. That’s Dean Wesley Smith’s way of putting it, but it’s another spin on the old saying, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you’ll land among the stars.” Way back when, when my son had just been born and
Juggling is hard. It takes skill, and precision, and determination. And when you can juggle six balls with ease, eight balls with confidence, ten balls with concentration, and are living life constantly at thirteen balls… You can get hysterical when failure arrives. Or you can toss your failures up in the air and watch them
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I don’t know about you, but I’m fairly well drowning in Weltschmerz this week (of the unironic kind). Humanity really just does seem to suck, constantly finding new ways to disappoint where values like empathy, compassion and mercy are concerned. Honestly, becoming a hermit is a super appealing (and super privileged) option right now. So,
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The common misery of the world feels overwhelming. Petty cruelty; major abominations; selfishness, thoughtlessness; slavery, abandonment, abduction, discrimination, hatred, you know the list, it goes on and on and on and on, and this is one of those weeks where it’s been grating on my soul more than usual, one of those months, one of
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Fight your fears! Battle your demons! Stand against the darkness that envelops you! Yeah, yeah, we get it. To have fears is to be weak, to have anxious fears (i.e. unfounded, melodramatic, or unrealistic fears) is even weaker, and if you don’t stand up right this instant with a fear-tuned flamethrower and FIGHT THE LIFE
Why Fighting Your Fears Is Complete And Utter Bullshirt. Read More »
The best way to fight a lion is to not. Instead, approach it sideways, from the very edges, looking vague, and non-threatening. When it realises you are there— and it will— it will growl, and bear its teeth, which feels a lot like a lump in your throat or adrenalin in your stomach. But you
