First world problems in a Covid world
When I log into this blog to write a new post, I look to the right to pick a category that best fits what I’m about to blog about. With that being said I never know what I’ll write about when I open up a blog post. And secondly, and perhaps more importantly, I’ve noticed…
I love starting with a blank page when I write a blog post. A blank page is limitless. Literally anything can happen. Despite the fact that I’ve already downloaded a header image, I could go rogue and write anything here. I once advocated for recovery plans at work to be blank pages – clinicians didn’t…
I gave the address of this blog to a co-worker today. On one hand, I’m pretty comfortable with that. There’s nothing inherently bad or deep in here that I wouldn’t be comfortable sharing with this particular person. But…! What if I forgot about the entry where I disclose about the time I beat a baby…
Grant Imahara died today. I won’t pretend to know everything he’d done or been a part of as an engineer, presenter, builder etc. But I do know that him and the rest of the Mythbusters crew have been a steady and comforting hand during a long period of recovery in my life. As someone with…
The problem with anxiety is that you can be merrily going along in your day humming some unrecognisable 80’s electro track in your head and then… BLAM! You remember the time you accidentally picked up the wrong can in the bathroom and sprayed shaving foam into your armpit instead of deodorant.
Nothing reminds you that you are a quivering sack of anxious energy bouncing around the planet more than a barista who yells out “Weak Mocha with 2!” in the middle of a relatively full cafe. Yes, I am sensitive to caffeine and I needed a pick me up through the day due to a lack…
And so another day of working from home fun begins. I have been sitting here for approximately one hour and the main thought I’ve been having is this: Do I have some sort of focussing or concentration disability or am I just incredibly lazy? Sure, anxiety (hello, old friend) can cause this but the absolute…