Okay, yes, there's a pandemic... here's a road map to recovery from the government... now the waiting to see if we have low enough cases to proceed through the stages... This is the complete uncertainty of living in a world with COVID-19 where we have no idea what our future will hold. We teeter between …
Continue reading The space between knowing and certainty: hitting surge capacity
I had a phone call with my manager and an employee from the Safe to Work team at our organisation. I acknowledge that I am privileged in having access to a Safe to Work team. My original plan was to work two days this week and then work 3-4 days moving forward. We discussed personal …
Continue reading I asked for help at work. It wasn’t easy, but it was the right thing to do
I was asked this question by both my manager and my psychologist after I burned out. Truth of the matter is, I have no clue. On one hand, I think it could be simply a certain number of days or hours worked each week. On the other, no matter how many "days" I work, my …
Continue reading What do I need to work safely with anxiety?
I felt a pang of disappointment reading my last post - "My Kindness Project... I am on a mission". Clearly I didn't live up to my mission. That was my first reaction. But also, that is the reaction that I have conditioned into myself. These are the unhelpful thought patterns that have turned into habits …
I am on a mission. A mission to show kindness to myself, and consequently others. I have discussed this in a previous blog post, but now I want to put this commitment out to the world and cement it in a declaration. I devote this solitude and time indoors to creating and practising habits of …
I hear the words over in my head I pour my heart out on these strings As they tuck me in at night A sweet lullaby of broken dreams 15th of December, 2013
Before I met you, I thought I lived in a parallel universe where love wasn’t for me. I believed in it and saw it in other people but didn’t see it in my reality. Since I’ve met you and hanging out now with other healthy couples, I’m realising that with you, love can be my …
Lyrics preview When my emotions run highThere's no clarity, there's no stopping me.It's like whenever there's a problemThe world's caving in, there's no escaping.It feels like, I'm hovering over eggshellsIt's just bearable, so you can't tell. So you can't tell. In quiet places, my mind races. Just low enough, so it's only in my head. …
I saw a cockroach and it felt like the most terrifying thing ever. It wasn't particularly large, it wasn't poisonous and it wouldn't bite. But I was wholeheartedly afraid. Someone uninvited had come into my space. Someone I so desperately wanted to leave. But I didn't have the courage to kick him out. I couldn't …
I knew I would be hungover today. Yesterday was one of those rare occasions where I've binge drank in a long time (I've been limiting my alcohol consumption for medical reasons for the past 6 months). So I kept today free to take it easy and get some Sunday errands done. Instead, I didn't leave …
Honest Twenties 