Just a poorly drawn carrot writing about life and stuff she cares about
Life is hard for me today. I feel exhausted and sad and I’m waiting for the wave of darkness, that has been looming right under the surface of the past weekend’s busyness, to swallow me whole. Don’t get me wrong, my weekend was awesome! I spent most of it with lovely people and didn’t even … Continue reading Connection to Self
Ah, avoidance – my constant companion and nemesis. One of the sources of my frustration and genuine interest at the same time. I used to love playing dodgeball as a kid and I was quite good at it, too. Little did I know that dodging / avoiding was a skill I’d carry with me well … Continue reading Dodgeball in Real Life (AKA Avoidance)
It took me a while to finally put pen to paper on this matter, because I didn’t − and still don’t − know how. Then I figured that I should do it anyway, fully aware that I’ll probably never get it right, simply because I am white, meaning that I’ll never know what it feels … Continue reading The Things We Don’t Talk About // Our Own Racism
Pun intended! As a thirty-something year-old human being, I noticed that conversations tend to shift to the topic of kids – having them, wanting them, planning on having or not having them, relatives and friends having them, and so on – much more often than a few years ago. It took me a while to … Continue reading I Kid You Not, This Is Important!
[The following post was partly inspired by two books I’ve recently been reading, both of which surprised me in the best way possible. I can recommend them to women and parents of girls in particular, and to everyone else: – More Myself by Alicia Keys (contains valuable insight for women especially) – Untamed by Glennon … Continue reading De-Normalising the Normal
It’s almost 1 a.m. and I can’t for the life of me convince my brain to go to sleep, even though I’m tired and have been feeling rather exhausted for most of the day (from a lack of quality sleep from the nights before, duh). What does Brian have to do with that, you ask? … Continue reading Late Night Musings of Brian
I’m sure everyone’s already tired of hearing / reading about the Coronavirus. I know I am, but I also know there’s really no way around the subject at this time, unless you want to lock your phone away and stay clear of social media, which you’re probably reluctant to do if you live alone like … Continue reading Corona, Privilege & Toilet Paper
Stay in bed all morning. Have breakfast for lunch. Skip the chores. Go for a walk in the rain. Or in the sun, if you’re lucky enough (the chances of that are a little slim in Luxembourg these days BUT the sun’s out right now 🙏). Honour your need for rest (even in the face … Continue reading Just Dance
For the first time ever (I think), I wrote a diary-like blog post that contains a bit of a storyline, which I believe was necessary to make the post work. As I’m typing this, I’m on a three-day ski trip in the French Alps, which probably doesn’t seem like a valid reason to be dealing … Continue reading Introversion Magnification
So it turns out I haven’t managed to follow through with what I so assertively stated in one of my more recent blog posts quite the way I’d wanted to. It turns out that realising what you’re struggling with and changing the underlying thought pattern into one that serves you better are two entirely different things … Continue reading Enough 2.0
