The Energy

September 2, 2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

The competition aspect of my new gig is nuts. This morning in hot-seat was a fierce Hunger Games style battle. Despite being new, I went up against someone who is very well spoken, smooth, charismatic, and seasoned. I’d noticed him before and admired his style.

Self Driving Human

August 26, 2023.Reading time 7 minutes.

Author’s Note——I left my old position around this time last year, so I wanted to do a little update here. I’ve also re-published the original “I quit” story which I’d previously deleted for whatever reason.

Kick, Push

August 19, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Today I am filled with gratitude and awe. My bad knee is allowing me to do more and more and I could literally cry tears of joy (okay, okay, I did cry a little, lol) for how far my body has come.

Source Material

August 15, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

You ever find yourself sitting in a seminar where your mind gets to churning and you start to think, This sounds too good to be true, in fact… it feels a little cult-y. These people wanna know my why and I’m not sharing. My why is for me, I don’t owe anyone my life story.

Bubbles

August 12, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

Eyes are useless when the mind is blind

In Defense of Distractions

July 28, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Puffing smoke in the company of estranged family members.
It’s surreal. I’m freeing myself

MB57

July 27, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

I’m not a big party person, yet here I sit in the parking lot of a big party on the passenger side of my truck with the door open, waiting. I went inside and said hello to the woman with my face—it was weird, she was dancing and acting human.

The Path

June 13, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Today I’m filled with gratitude & excitement. Things are coming together in the most beautiful, yet unexpected (and arguably poetic) way.

The Distance

April 20, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I was tying a lot, not running
enough, biding my time

Good Luck Daisy

March 14, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

I normally don’t buy daisies on purpose because they remind me of an ex best friend who wore a good-luck daisy clip in her hair.

Things

February 25, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Things that brought me joy this week

Does this look like a heart?

February 21, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

I’ve finally landed on a place to live—a state with great job opportunities, lots of nature, all four seasons, high walkability score, no state income tax, and legal lettuce.

Write for Me

February 17, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

I’ve never been one for plotting outlines or charting character arcs. I’m a writer, not a planner, which, ironically, is my poetry and my pain-point.

Strange Place to Be

February 6, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Every morning
after the atelier
I descend on my day

Ascension

January 6, 2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

I’ve met myself among the moon and the stars, perhaps catapulted here by one of those stick and rubber band slingshots younger me used to make.

Velocity

December 8, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

There’s nothing keeping
me here anymore;
maybe I should go

Familiarity or Fantasy, 2

October 7, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

It’s been about six weeks since I quit my job and I don’t regret it, however, living out my fantasy is a bit different to what I expected.

824

August 24, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

I quit my job today. I’ve been fantasizing about it for a while. This week the desire was heavier than ever. I felt like a fraud showing up when I knew I didn’t want to be there.

Sound or Feel

July 28, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

Sitting at my desk toying with my earring, I had a thought that made me bite my lip and squeeze my legs together. It genuinely aroused me —the thought of only writing. It frightened me also.

Familiarity or Fantasy

July 27, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

I didn’t cum this morning. The hustle has disrupted my routine, the hustle I do for someone else’s dream.

Witness Me Tenderly

January 11, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

I’m feeling waves of heavy emotions today. It’s day 3 of my period and I am struggling. I am immensely sad. I feel exhausted. I have no appetite. I forced myself to eat oatmeal this morning. Half a cup and it took me over an hour.

Glimpse of Light

March 28, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Anhedonia has been a constant companion for the past 6 weeks. Today, for the first time in over a month, I was able to set foot in the gym, shut my mind off, and be in my body.

Staggered Desires

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