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I can be easy to manipulate. There, I said it. It’s the truth. It’s strange to admit that because so much of my personality and my journey would provide evidence to the contrary. And yet, it happens. More often than I would like, too. I know that one of the reasons I attract the manipulation… Continue reading Days 57-59.

Merriam-Webster defines self-directed as follows: “directed for or by oneself.” That is a pretty concise definition and rather neutral, all things considered. Which makes sense as definitions should literally be an explanation of what something means and not a commentary on whether that ‘thing’ is inherently negative or positive. A fine point but seemingly something… Continue reading Day 56.

Today is day 55. That is going to be the title of this post because that is the title of each post I’ve written since I entered this strange world we are living in right now. I mean I guess the world is always strange, but when the crisis began to impact me directly, I… Continue reading Day 55.

I know many people that are struggling right now. Many of those folks feel overwhelmed because of the situation we currently find ourselves in; navigating through the challenges presented by a pandemic. Some of them feel besieged because they had issues from “before” that they weren’t really dealing with and now they are facing the… Continue reading Day 54.

I was watching the show ‘Virgin River’ (warning: do not watch unless you are a hopeless romantic like myself) and one of the main characters said something that really knocked around in my head after I heard it. Ready? Here it is: “the view is always better from the high road.”  So simple but so… Continue reading Day 53.

I know I was absent yesterday. I know I finished my post from the day before with a promise to return yesterday and yet, I was missing in action. I just couldn’t make the time to write yesterday. That’s the truth. It was not the first time this occurred during this crisis, but I felt… Continue reading Days 49-52.

I was scrolling through social media the other night before bed and I stumbled upon a post that posed the following: if you could release yourself from anything right now, what would it be? At the time the question didn’t resonate much with me. Don’t get me wrong, as there were a thousand responses that… Continue reading Day 48.

I had a funny experience this morning. I was on social media and I saw a post or two that I found really offensive. I know, I know, how is that funny? Or maybe you were wondering how this is something that bears mentioning since it seems to be the norm today, no matter what… Continue reading Day 47.

Yikes! Losing track of days (anyone else?)--excuse the audio. This post reflects days 44, 45, and 46. Apparently I've lived day 43 twice? “What if I told you that 10 years from now, your life would be exactly the same? I doubt you’d be happy. So, why are you so afraid of change?” – Karen… Continue reading Days 44, 45, and 46.

I had this thought pop into my head the other day. A question really and I want to explore it. Here goes: Do we have a right to shift someone else’s memories? I guess the first important question is pondering what that means exactly. How does one shift someone else’s memories? Is that like gaslighting?… Continue reading Day 43.