Category: essay

I know now that there are some things too big and too painful to be fixed by simply “washing my face” of it

Keywords: Grief , Loss , Motherhood , single mom , single parenting , Suicide , Widow

Each of my kids feels the loss of their dad in a different way, and I feel helpless in that I know this is something I can’t fix for them. My boy, who was 5 when his dad died, can still recall the life he had with him. There is both joy and sadness in those memories, and also a fear of losing someone else he cares about. My daughter, who was only 2 1/2, only really knows a life without a daddy. She begins to notice at daycare and then at school, that she is one of the only kids without one, and so she asks me if we can “find” her a dad…as if it is as simple as putting an ad in the paper, picking the best option and inserting him into our lives without there being any expectations on me with this man.

https://messybutneverbroken.com/2021/05/07/not-instagram-approved

The Consumer Audience is Obsolete

Today, you have no audience — today, when you write to express your ideas, you do so within a wide variety of logical systems.

There are no news consumers sitting in laid-back postures, there are no fans leaning in to your news narratives. Your story is moot.

Well, speaking of conservative candidates, I just drone on and on and on and on, never letting anyone else get a word in edgewise, until I start foaming at the mouth and fall over backwards…

Monty Python’s Flying Circus – The Naked Ant [S01E12] — e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTLeBybJhSo&t=449s

The passive consumer audience is brain-dead.

Active production of meaning is now a matter of interacting with natural languages (cf. wants.blog ). It is participatory, it is emergent, it is generative, creative, and does not merely follow a narrative prescription. It evolves from day to day, context to context, and it is connected. It does not need no education, Google — no central authority, no golden algorithm to solve each and every problem. It is decentralized, distributed, networking.

Zita is engaged in helping to build this world — why not participate, too?

I largely prefer being made to feel different for being black instead of for being disabled – but neither are pleasant

Keywords: thinking out loud , afro , black , black girl , dutch , england , holland , identity , inspiration , netherlands , uk

When you’re a disabled person like me, there are certain things that able-bodied people always say to you. I’ve only been a wheelchair-user for six years and I already feel as if I’ve heard it all thousands of times before. Because I’m black, I don’t only hear the things that disabled people frequently do, I also hear things that black people often do too. Here are all of the things that I constantly hear from able-bodied people, as well as the things that they frequently do when they see me:

https://thewheelchairteen.com/2020/10/25/things-that-disabled-people-always-hear

I have majorly upped my self-care game

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I realize that we are all a bit wounded. We carry our history in many ways; I carry mine scratched into my flesh and as ridiculous overthinking in my brain. Some of us can’t commit or don’t want to commit to anything serious because we have been so hurt by what life has handed to us. Some of us sublimate our pain and desires into other distractions–work, food, wine. Most of us think we are not worthy in some way because we are older, odd, or fail to meet society’s expectations.

https://nursedianneinalaska.wordpress.com/2021/03/27/we-are-all-a-little-broken

Wise people “will know what is right, do what is good, and therefore be happy”

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Sometimes you can even help by not doing anything at all. When you do people around you become more friendly and experiences the smiles and laughs of other is what in the end brings happiness to my heart. The second connection that I made is that I made was with an idea of Aristotle. He believes that in order for us to be happy we need to be our true selves. I identify with the idea because this is who I am. I always think that I have the ability to help the other, and it’s my nature to take care of people.

https://ethicalexperience.wordpress.com/2021/03/22/helping-brings-happiness

A huge support for all of my goals has always been having a community behind me and making what I call ‘friendship dates’

Keywords: goals , planning , self care , self love , 100michiedates , 100solodatechallenge , 100solodatejourney , 100solodates , date , dating , goalplanning , michiesmashingthoughts , solo , solodate , solodating

In that way, we are supporting each other in shared goals during our date.

We are not only showing friends they are important to us in this way, but showing ourselves that we are important enough to choose the right people to be around for us and the right ways to use our limited time together.

https://michiesmashingthoughts.org/2021/03/18/make-it-a-date

I believe my fear of criticism is holding me back from working towards reaching a larger audience

Keywords: blog posts

I would really like to get back on track with my blog writing by meeting my weekly posting goal. I’m going to take the advice of Daphne Gray-Grant, publication coach, and do a little bit of writing each day, early in the morning when I am fresh and energetic. If you have any suggestions on topics that you would like me to cover at http://www.straighttalkprof.com, please let me know.

https://mos2205classblog2021.wordpress.com/2021/03/05/my-very-own-blog

It is tricky to find me on social media so my brand is non-existent

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My goal is to build my brand to a status where in the local soccer world (Indy Eleven and United Soccer League) my name at least rings some bells. I have been trying to connect with professionals in the areas I am passionate about. I have also tried to interact and engage with fellow fans. I try to interact with them but in such a busy area it does not happen overnight. Like Public Relations consultant and textbook author Karen Freberg said in her presentation in my Strategic Writing for Social Media class, “Use your content to provide value to help others.” Keeping this in mind will give me an edge in capturing the attention of professionals I want to connect with.

https://comm234.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/my-brand

We want to be part of that certain community and by doing this we often set ourselves up to fail

Keywords: goals , mindset , journal , planning , self-reflection , wellness

Let go of the label and create your own rules. Choosing to do this, is about your values and that’s all that matters. Without the label, you can do YOU. Flexibility is what I need to commit but don’t be fooled, maybe you actually need the label to have strict rules to be able to stick to it. HA, it never is a one size fit all! Tricky, hey?

https://truthfulteatalks.com/make-your-own-rules-so-you-can-commit-to-anything