Category: Growth
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Nobody Knows What They’re Doing
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In the beginning I’m fascinated by children who have no fear of interacting with adults, the ones who will talk to their doctor or dentist during an appointment as if they’re a peer rather than someone with authority. Some of my fascination may be masking what is actually envy. With…
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Normalization
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In previous posts, I’ve written a little about my experiences dating post-divorce. Overall, my experiences were very positive, I met some amazing people. With some I connected, with others I didn’t. I started thinking about dating and my past relationships because of a socio-economic term I had been reading about: Hypernormalization. It…
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Fighting With Kindness
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“You think because I’m kind that it means I’m naive, and maybe I am. It’s strategic and necessary. This is how I fight. When I choose to see the good side of things, I’m not being naive. It’s how I’ve learned to survive through everything.” Waymond Wang, Everything Everywhere All…
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Change is Going to Come
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We’re terrible at predicting change Why are we afraid of change? We’re bad at adapting to it, anticipating it, and, in some cases, accepting it. This is illustrated in the psychological phenomenon called the “End of History Illusion”. Basically, humans are good at recognizing changes in the past but terrible…
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Life Happens, Write it Down
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I’m one of those weirdos that likes to journal. It’s like talking to yourself in print form. Which is good because talking yourself verbally (I also do this 😬) makes you look insane. How did I start? I hadn’t realized just how long I’ve been journalling for. I started in…
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Confidently Incorrect
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I have a confession: I’m a late bloomer. I tend to figure things out after everyone else around me has. I don’t know if it has anything to do with ADHD (which I didn’t discover until my 40s), but I’ve come to terms with the fact that I need a…