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Deleting Instagram off my Phone Part 2

A while back, I uninstalled Instagram from my phone and, nearly, instantly felt better. But, like all good habits, I broke down after a week and installed it back on my phone. Although, it was less about a craving and more about a want. Still tied up in an ugly habit, of course. The automatic […]

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Life

I Deleted Instagram off my Phone: Here’s What Happened

This may be a bit more rambling than my usual writing because there are so many strange feelings that popped up when I did this exercise. Even more than when I went without Facebook, or the internet for a short time. Over a week ago, in my true fashion, I got angry with the world. […]

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Life

The World Has so Much STUFF and There’s No Way I’m Part of the Problem

I’ve never really realized it before now, but the world is filled with STUFF. I know, a lot of you are raising eyebrows and wondering if I’ve just been living under a rock or a super consumer-driven lifestyle. I guess both? I think it, finally, hit me how much stuff there is in this world […]

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Life

Stop Robbing yourself of Joy to be Found

I almost didn’t go. I made plans with someone I met and cancelled on her once. Once because I was feeling too tired, too stressed, too busy, too blah to go and meet her. We made plans and I felt good. We didn’t talk for the week leading up to said plans and I started […]

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Mom Life

Can I Really be a Pinterest Mom?

I so badly want to be a Pinterest mom. Not badly enough to stress myself out and ignore my own rest breaks, but badly enough. I love looking up cute holiday crafts to do with my daughter, or for when we have playdates. I love balloon arches. I love the little wooden toddler knife I […]

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Life

I’ve Started a Substack Page

After making a Substack page and then abandoning it for fear of not knowing what to write, thinking I had to ONLY write about one topic, I’ve come back in hopes of gaining more traction with readers. It’s also opened up a new avenue of chapter-by-chapter releases of novellas where I can workshop it a […]

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Life

Working Through the Brain Sludge

I’ve been at this writing thing for quite some time. I used to scribble stories in journals when I was younger. I’d write down my feelings and day-to-day happenings in my diary, something that wasn’t always as fun as telling stories. Maybe that’s why I got bored of the regular lifestyle blogging that pulls so […]

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Life

Are we Obsessed with Working Harder, Longer, More Often?

Or, is it just a Millennial thing? Am I doing too much? Or, not enough? These two thoughts bounce around my head constantly. Whether it comes to parenting, managing the house, or my own personal work projects. Creative projects, sorry. Sometimes, or rather, most of the time, it feels like I’m drowning in everything that […]

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Life

How Social Media Gave me a Breakdown and it’s all my Fault

By nature I’m a really angry person. Lots of things set me off, some of them big, a lot of them small. I’m a big believer in the ‘no worries and move on’ type of attitude, only if it doesn’t fuck with my plans. I’m basically an old man, swinging his fist at youths who […]

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Life

5 Self-Care Rituals to Get you Through the Holidays

The holidays can be a stressful time of year; there are parties to go to, nails and hair to get done, dresses to buy, presents to find, and still our regular day-to-day activities to do. That’s a lot in just a short month. Why do we do this to our self each and every year? […]