Poor Mark. I was in a bad mood for weeks. Sad and anxious. Mostly anxious. But oh so very anxious. I was actively dreading my scuba lessons. I haven’t actively dreaded something since I quit working. It’s an unpleasant feeling that I don’t miss. Water is my Everest. Swimming is terrifying. I’ve been trying to… Read More: Life Bucket List Item Complete! #39 Go scuba diving »
Does the anxiety ever go away? I asked my fiance*, Mark, one morning before swimming lessons, more than a year into my journey to learn to swim. The year of swimming. It sounded good. It took longer than a year. I initially crossed off life bucket list item #2, learn to swim in 2015 because… Read More: Life Bucket List item complete! #2 Learn to swim »
This is a quick article because I imagine this is a boring topic and I’ve already kind of told you about it, but I learned to sew! I took classes at my local recreation center for a year. My mom gave me an old sewing machine and I bought a serger (a machine to make… Read More: Life Bucket List item complete! #37 Learn to sew »
When I first started my fitness journey, I proudly spent $0 on the project for the first two years and still managed to get in the best shape of my life. A few years in, after settling down, I bought a set of weights that cost me nothing and I’ve been grinding away ever since… Read More: How much do you spend for a gym membership? »
Hello friends, I haven’t written a real post in months because, frankly, I feel like I have nothing new to say and I’ve just been repeating myself for a while now. I’m still using my friendly resolutions chart most months. I’m at a sixty-five day streak for working out. My meditation practice continues. I’m looking… Read More: Checking in »
I meant to purge my belongings over the course of the month of March, one subcategory per day according to Marie Kondo’s method of organizing. As I started thinking about it and when I realized how fun this process was going to be, I couldn’t resist and finished three days later, before March had even… Read More: Spark Joy, a purge »
Say something on social media was a habit on my resolutions chart for approximately a week in August. After eight days, I realized, again, that I despise social media. The number of hearts I receive determined my mood more than I’d like. That’s a silly and unpredictable variant that I can cut out completely. So… Read More: My social media posts »
Who do you guys like so far in the democratic primary? Personally, I’m on the Elizabeth Warren train, but I think I’m still persuadable. *** I’m cat sitting a three-year-old cat. The dog he’s known for most of his cat-life died a few weeks ago and the poor kitty is licking himself silly with grief.… Read More: I’m just a chatty Cathy »
Confession you already know: I haven’t paid much mind to the news for the last two years. Reality is scary. We live in a terrifying place full of horrible people doing awful things and a universe governed by chance that doesn’t know me from a rock from an electron from Ursa Major. I don’t like spending my time in… Read More: Vote »