advice, Health, learning, Mental Health, opinion, People

Self-Help for Anxious People – Your Guide to Less Giving a Shit

No, you don’t need a million books. Trust me on this. A good many self-help books largely just help you dump your money into the author’s pocket. After years (so many years) of therapy, I feel at least a little bit qualified to condense what I’ve learned into something that may help people. At least, these are the things I suggest when friends come to … Continue reading Self-Help for Anxious People – Your Guide to Less Giving a Shit

Shamelessly AwkwardFebruary 26, 2021February 26, 2021Leave a comment

advice, Humour, opinion

How to Save Money – Broke Edition

Everyone has seen the articles (or TV shows) full of “helpful tips” on how to save money. There are some out there that list helpful things, for sure, but then there are the ones that try to be “edgy” and “hard hitting.” The ones I’ve seen often say things like: Stop buying expensive cups of coffee every day Stop eating out every day Don’t get … Continue reading How to Save Money – Broke Edition

Shamelessly AwkwardAugust 18, 2020August 18, 20201 Comment

Family, Mental Health, opinion, trauma

Get Over It

Behold, one of my favorite lyrical quotes of all time: You drag it around like a ball and chainYou wallow in the guilt; you wallow in the painYou wave it like a flag, you wear it like a crownGot your mind in the gutter, bringin’ everybody downComplain about the present and blame it on the pastI’d like to find your inner child and kick its … Continue reading Get Over It

Shamelessly AwkwardJanuary 7, 2020January 7, 2020Leave a comment

Introspection, Mental Health, opinion

Storytime

There’s something that I mentioned here and here, purpose. Purpose for this blog, purpose for my writing, purpose for all of this. I struggle often to figure out what I’m doing here. What’s the point? I know that I have a lot to say sometimes, and my typical medium is Facebook where it’s very easy for lengthy posts to be glossed over, or annoy people, … Continue reading Storytime

Shamelessly AwkwardAugust 29, 2019August 29, 20191 Comment

Humour, Introspection, Mental Health, opinion, People

-38-

Lists are fun. Today, okay not quite, there are juuuust under 3 hours left, so tomorrow, but today in Australia anyway, but I digress – I’m 38 years old. I didn’t get a trophy. Oh well. Since I had so much fun with -20- I decided to roll there again. Maybe eventually I’ll get every single/double digit number somehow, or maybe everyone will just get … Continue reading -38-

Shamelessly AwkwardAugust 14, 2019August 13, 20203 Comments

Parenting

My Version of a Parenting Manual, Episode 1

The advice you want or need or maybe don’t, whatever, it’s cool. Storytime: The very first love-o-my-life was born in September of 2003. When I was a kid, I loved my mom, I loved my siblings, I loved my friends – I thought I knew what love was. And I did, I knew what love for my family was, what platonic love was. When I … Continue reading My Version of a Parenting Manual, Episode 1

Shamelessly AwkwardJune 14, 2019June 30, 2019Leave a comment