Monthly Archives: January 2020

Dancing in the rumbling dark.

Posted on January 11, 2020 by tec

No more distractions. Today I commit pen to paper (what I wouldn’t give for this to be handwritten and typed out) to talk about my weekly goals. Week 3 (Nov 25): Mindful posture. I had started listening to Jordan Peterson’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 12 Rules for Life, Jordan Peterson, listen the first time, mindful posture, momentum, not quite a rotator cuff tear, physical therapy, practice, progress, rachel martin, range of motion, routine, sometimes I capitalize names and sometimes I don't and there's no real rhyme or reason, weekly goals | Leave a comment

To none but me.

Posted on January 11, 2020 by tec

I just found this thing I had written seven years ago today (well… yesterday) on a blog I forgot existed. Fascinating. So fascinating.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged another lifetime, I was gonna write about weekly goals and got sidetracked, nostalgia, wordpress | Leave a comment

As the weeks trickle into days.

Posted on January 9, 2020 by tec

I am happy today. And peaceful and calm and contented. Without much effort. And I’m spending no effort fighting it.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged all the hard work, be present, mindfulness, my happiness, stay in the moment, when there is finally a moment where feeling good doesn't feel bad | Leave a comment

I would not want you any other way.

Posted on January 7, 2020 by tec

The psyche fascinates me so. A friend said the other day that her boss expected so much from her, so much so that she feels like he’s setting her up to fail. And then she took a step back and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allie Casazza, childhood, decluttering, emotional abuse, fuck it's cold, get back up, manipulation, my therapist is a warrior goddess; what's your superpower?, ptsd, self awareness, stop reading my tags first, the marriages that end in divorce, therapy, they're all out to get me except seriously they are so not, trying to turn off my paranoid brain, typing while I'm too tired to keep my eyes open | Leave a comment

Approach. Appear.

Posted on January 6, 2020 by tec

I didn’t know what the rest of my day would look like earlier when I wrote. I felt on top of everything, but in that way where you are until you suddenly aren’t. I finished my paper clutter pile from … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, al-anon, Allie Casazza, boundaries, declutter, empowerment, faith, family, flu, growth mindset, I got this, Kendra Hennessy, marriage, mindset like a mother, mom life, more than making do, paper clutter, personal responsibility | Leave a comment

Trying to fight when you feel like flying.

Posted on January 5, 2020 by tec

The question is… How do you proceed when you know so much about growth mindset, and the situation just sucks, and you want to reach out to someone, but don’t want advice and just want the comfort of someone’s knowing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged al-anon, family, friends, growth mindset, I want to live a life where Kendra is my spirit animal, I've got this...and it's hard, Kendra Hennessy, marriage, mindset like a mother, mom life, my thoughts are greater than my situation, my thoughts create my beliefs which create my mindset, putting in the work, time for a sponsor, today it hurts to be so on, working to not snap today | Leave a comment

Breathe me back to life.

Posted on January 3, 2020 by tec

Today, day three, was the start of four days of kitchen. I overachieved. I was just going to do the dishes and cups, but each cabinet called to me and soon I had done an hour and a half of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allie Casazza, declutter challenge, declutterlikeamother, I had a really nice day, I have a friend, I might be a little bit delirious, kinetic productivity, kitchen, lunch date, purge all the things, so many parentheses | Leave a comment

Touching the edge of her skin.

Posted on January 3, 2020 by tec

I’m doing Allie Casazza’s Declutter Like a Mother challenge for the third year in a row. I have lots of Allie stuff and she was literally the reason I got my house decluttered in the first place. A task that … Continue reading →

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Gently down the stream.

Posted on January 3, 2020 by tec

The littlest comes running into the kitchen, says urgently, “trash!” and then hands me his granola bar wrapper and runs out. I shout, “Hey, you’re welcome!” He stops and says “You’re welcome too!” and then keeps running.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged English is hard, granola bars are good, it's the little things, kidisms, mom life, out of the mouths of babes | Leave a comment

Walking around with me.

Posted on January 2, 2020 by tec

I had a moment on new year’s eve where I thought, “I just can’t do this anymore.” And then I had a running monologue about how “this always happens” and “I always think I can do this and I fail” … Continue reading →

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