So you planned a trip with your handy-dandy travel buddy. It's going to be fucking phenomenal. It's booked. It's paid for. It's kind of planned. Then your travel buddy is rude enough to have a family emergency/die/breakup with you. You could be fucked. Or you could grab your balls, pull up your big-girl panties, or … Continue reading Solo Travel for the Anxiety Ridden Human
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How to Handle a Medical Emergency in Heels
I haven't been writing lately, instead I have been sitting on my balcony staring at the sky in the evenings wondering how I survived the last year, it was mostly shit, and after sudden move things are ok, mostly (I did accidentally open porn on my phone at my new job that one time, and … Continue reading How to Handle a Medical Emergency in Heels
Self-Care: A Guide to Taking Care of Yourself
The new trend in the blogosphere is this whole self-care phenomenon (see? and here, and here, and also this chick offered up her self-care tips for you, my sweet readers). There are some benefits to this whole work-life balance, body-positivity, mantra-chanting, self-esteem boosting, healthy eating trend. But I think a lot of these folks are missing one … Continue reading Self-Care: A Guide to Taking Care of Yourself
Hands are for Waving
As humans 90% of communication is done non-verbally (as in body language not text message). You would think with so much riding on small sort of involuntary gestures that we would work really hard to get our deliberate non-verbal communications down. A wave can say anything from hello to the secret in my pants that … Continue reading Hands are for Waving
Sharing is Caring
I have emphasized sharing a lot lately, and maybe subconsciously its a reaction to the daily struggle of having a dog, everything I eat, he eats. But it could also be that people aren't good at sharing. It's a super life skill that you should have learned before you were six years old, today I … Continue reading Sharing is Caring
On Being Smart
I have a story that I want to tell you. It's a true story. It's a dumb story. And I'm going to tell this story before I toss a few pointers at you for those moments when you are dealing with people who aren't just like you on the education front. Story: Last year … Continue reading On Being Smart
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