My moods can go up and down from one day to the next, but I keep on going. You can, too.
August 19th, 2014
August 18th, 2014
I am the protagonist of this particular story, thank you very much.
August 17th, 2014
When describing my day to a friend, she said “you know how to party.”
It’s a recently acquired skill, but apparently I do.
August 16th, 2014
Those were some really, really good cookies.
August 15th, 2014
The line between having self-awareness and a willingness to question your own motives and just being crippled by obsessive self-doubt is a fine one.
August 14th, 2014
It isn’t time to go to sleep until you’ve dropped your phone on your face at least three times.
August 13th, 2014
What happens in the stairwell, stays in the stairwell.
August 12th, 2014
I can be rather … intense.
It means connections come quickly and strongly, it means I am always passionate and driven, but it isn’t without complications.
I’m not saying this is a positive or that it is a negative, it’s just something that I’m aware of. Something that I think about.
And thus, something that I write about.
August 11th, 2014
Today, Robin Williams committed suicide.
When I heard the news, I hid from my coworkers in a bathroom stall and cried for twenty minutes, feeling the weight of my struggles with Depression and suicidal thoughts, dating back to my teenage years. I thought about how hard I’ve fought to make my progress, to turn my life into something that I’m happy living in, and I thought about how that battle is never going to end for as long as I live.
Every day can be an uphill climb just to function. There are times when simple, menial tasks seem impossible.
I can tell you inspirational stories from my life and the lives of those around me about the beauty inherent in that fight to stay alive, but today I think it’s best to just let us all feel how sad we are to see someone succumb to their struggle, how hard things can be, and how we should love and support each other when and wherever we can.
August 10th, 2014
I might (as one friend put it recently) have the energy of a “rabid T-Rex,” but even I hit a wall from time to time.