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trying not to tilt…

December 5, 20251 Comment

At some point fairly recently I finally acknowledged that a fair portion of my completely exhausting myself before noon has nothing to do with effort and everything to do with momentum. If I wake up with nothing structured or enforced ahead of me, I will either absolutely, deeply, fully do nothing… or I’ll ricochet from … Continue reading trying not to tilt…

A single hand reaches out from between heavy red theater curtains, caught in warm light against the deep fabric folds, as if revealing or hiding something unseen behind the stage.

Masking Monday: The Illness I Pretend Isn’t There

October 20, 20251 Comment

Monday is therapy day for me. It maybe doesn’t seem like a good idea to stack lifelong trauma work and mental health check-ins at the start of a new week in the hellscape we’re all living through… but somehow it works. I get just enough distance from the last week to reflect and reset before … Continue reading Masking Monday: The Illness I Pretend Isn’t There

Interior view of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, looking upward toward the soaring ceiling and branching columns that resemble a stone forest. Light filters through colorful stained-glass windows, casting warm tones of red, orange, and blue across the geometric vaults and intricate details overhead.

No One Sees the Dial

September 18, 20251 Comment

I started the morning with a video a friend sent me. In it, a guy was talking about his workout attitude. He had been all-or-nothing. If he couldn’t do it perfectly, he wouldn’t do it at all. That hit me. Hard. I’ve been circling around this idea for years: literal thinking, binary thinking, the trap … Continue reading No One Sees the Dial


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