Tag: daily life
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Finally Time to Relax
How do you relax? Relaxing is hard with anxiety. Even when I am trying to relax my muscles feel tense for seemingly no reason. It’s exhausting. However, there are a lot of activities and ways to take my mind off of the stress and just chill for a bit. I know there are probably better…
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Music in my Mind
I love the way music makes me feel. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve used music to help me deal with my auditory processing disorder and just feel normal. When I was in elementary school, I had this CD called “Girl Authority” which is just a bunch of songs empowering girls sung by younger…
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Fixing my Mornings
My morning routine recently changed as I started focusing on writing again. If I’m completely honest, the first 30 minutes to an hour is me just laying in bed trying to get up. My alarm goes off at 10:30 and I try to get out of bed by 11 or 11:30 to start my day.…
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The Bigger Picture
How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was 11. Some may think it’s a bit short sighted to work on something I’ve wanted as a kid. Things change as you grow, right? Over the years, I’ve only grown in my…
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Fighting my Demons
I moved out when I was 21. I moved in with my now girlfriend and her family for a bit before we got our own apartment. Shortly after that, we started dating. This friend and I both agreed on a lot of things and we knew getting a place together was going to work, and…
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Introverts Need to Decompress
My girlfriend and I call it decompressing. It doesn’t even have to be a demanding day, just a long day or honestly any kind of day. We’re both introverts and we’re neurodivergent, so we tend to burn out very quickly. Even though I’m usually at my job for about five hours a shift, driving two…
