My Year Didn’t Go as Planned, and It Still Counts
My year didn’t go as planned, and my new business isn’t where I pictured by December. Here’s what I’m counting instead, and why I’m leaving a thread open.
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How Do I Go Back to a Project After I Messed It Up?
A rejected video, an app I didn’t need, and a blog I stayed on for 15 years. This is how I decide whether to fix a project or drop it, and go back.
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How to Get Out of a Funk When You’re Running on Empty
How I’m getting out of a funk right now: food first, then sun, walks with my sister, catching the complaining, and one clean spot of the house a day.
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How to Rest Without Guilt When You’re Spiraling
When stress has me spinning, I still try to push through. What I notice first, what I reach for when I step away, and what I say to the guilt.
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Using AI With ADHD Made My Big Ideas Small Enough to Start
I rambled at AI about a gift tracker that got way too big, and it handed back a version I could start today. How I use it, and what it costs me.
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Why Do I Think Everything Will Take So Long?
I think the dishes will take 45 minutes and they take 8. Why the number in your head is so wrong, and the one thing that helps.
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Post-Project Depression: The Crash After You Finish
Why you feel let down right after finishing a project, why your first thought is “no one will want this,” and what to do with the day after.
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Protect Your Peace Without Putting Your Head in the Sand
The news, the complainers, and the hate feeds all get rationed in my house. How I stay informed and still care, without the doom corner.
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How to Stop Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
Last week everything was going right and my brain flagged it as suspicious. What that bracing costs, and the small rep I use to come back to the room.
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Why I Feel Guilty Buying Things for Myself
Feeling guilty about buying something for yourself? I financed a third car we didn’t strictly need, and what changed wasn’t what I expected.
