Home of Lou Mora and Sarah Yates, via Design*Sponge One of the reasons why I ran into so much difficulty at university is because I’m a perfectionist and that leads to massive amounts of anxiety for me. I have always liked most things to be ‘just right’ or ‘perfect’, based on whatever criteria I came… Read more »
Posts Tagged: mental health
When things feel difficult
While I struggle to get super personal here, I often find myself thinking that if I share some of my experiences with anxiety and depression it might be helpful for myself and maybe even others. I know that when I read about other people’s struggles with these things I get a sense of not being… Read more »
Insecurity
Lately I’ve been having a bit of a hard time remembering that I’m actually a good, likeable, lovable person worthy of my loved-ones’ esteem. At the moment I seem to only remember all the parts of myself that I’m unhappy with and it’s beginning to take ‘the blues’ in the direction of depression as my… Read more »
In The Still of The Night
My sister’s four-month-old puppy, Chopper, is currently having a very ferocious barking session at a bumble bee, bless him! Anyway, I haven’t really done a “life update” in awhile, so that is what this post is, I suppose. Not that there is really anything overly interesting to report on, except that I’m going to be… Read more »
Laughter is the best medicine
I’ve had a very uneventful weekend, which is just the way I wanted it! Yesterday I got to spend about one and a half hours playing with my 7-month-old niece while her big brother and mama did some gardening. She’s the most delightful creature! I get so much joy from making her laugh and seeing… Read more »
A Little Progress
Yesterday afternoon I had the urge to read Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice*, an urge I couldn’t resist, no matter how tired/down/blah I was feeling. Of course this meant I had to go and search through some of my boxes in the shed since I didn’t have the book on hand. Fortunately the boxes are… Read more »
Lack of Enthusiasm
Since Christmas I’ve been feeling slightly lost because I don’t really have any projects on the go, now. Usually I have creative things to do, I feel like reading and what-not, but lately all I feel like doing is watching movies… Perhaps it’s the heat and the anxiety I’ve experiencing recently. Well, whatever it is,… Read more »