My last post talked about how I was going to write fiction for a month. Well, that didn’t go as planned. I stuck with it for less than a week. Depression made a comeback in my life. There was no amount of motivation or discipline that was going to keep me going. I’m doing much […]
Depression and Doomscrolling Read Post »
What is clean eating? I guess it’s different for everyone. My version involves avoiding added sugar, artificial sweeteners, refined grains, red and processed meat, dairy, and caffeine. I’m doing great. It was hard physically and emotionally to remove so much at one time, but I happen to be wired in a way that makes gradual
How I feel after 47 Days of Clean Eating Read Post »
If we want to be okay, we have to let sadness have a place within us. A few days ago, I had a super low day, and ended up getting a bit of existential dread, until finally, I let myself have a good cry. I realized in that moment, that I had to let the
Let Yourself Be Sad Read Post »
When I make a bowl of oatmeal, I use wildly different ingredients. Once the oatmeal is cooked, I plop a spoonful of peanut butter in the middle. Then, I cut up a banana and place it around the edges of the bowl. My last step is sprinkling cinnamon all around. With each bite, I take
The Diversity of Life at Breakfast Read Post »
Yesterday I read a post about intrinsic values on Bongo Twisty, a great blog I found looking through Blaugust participants. It got me thinking about my own intrinsic values. I even took a test evaluating my intrinsic values here. Be warned: that test will ask for personal questions at the end and an email to send the full
Why We Have Values Read Post »
It has been a bit of a struggle to come up with topics for every single day during Blaugust. I may think deeply about concepts, but I don’t tend to explore topics in depth. Whenever I get interested in a topic, I don’t get very far. Take philosophy, for example. Looking into new philosophical concepts
Slightly Better Than Poorly Read Post »
What is time? From our perspective, it moves in one direction. We can measure seconds passing with a clock. Forward is the only direction we seem to move in time. Why then does time seem to pass at different rates depending on how much time we have experienced or what kind of mood we are
A Philosophical Look at Time Read Post »
While reading a post by Nik Kantar mentioning the change in time-between-charges with phones, it got me thinking more about why I have been considering making the switch to a dumb phone. Only having to charge my phone once a week is one of the biggest advantages I would hope to get out of a dumb phone.
Where Did All the Dumb Phones Go? Read Post »
Trigger warning and disclaimer: This post contains some details of religious trauma. It is in no way a reflection of my view of religious people as a whole. It is not meant as an attack on religious people or religions. Growing up in a Christian church, I became good at following the rules and going
You Might Call Me an Atheist Read Post »
While reading a post at auxxuy.xyz: They Won’t Make Them Like They Used To about the fall of typewriters, I started to think about how much I love physical tools. Whenever I write a post, it always starts out with pencil and paper. Something about being in physical contact with the words and watching the page fill
Creating and Consuming with Physical Tools Read Post »
