grief is this funny strange thing - a thing that everyone provides anecdotes and resources and well intentioned advice about, and still it’s a thing that no one understands. not a soul on earth can possibly relate to another’s grief - each individual grasping to relate to their very own. grief is fundamentally individual. it changes by the month, week, day, hour, minute.
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working on vulnerability
i've had some work to do recently. the universe has been sending subtle (ha!) 'signs' to me throughout the past 6 months to a year, and finally it took a big slap in a face to alert me to it.
and this is it: my ego needs to get in check.
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earlier this week, i posted online about my having a rough time. i was experiencing feelings of anxiety and all the things that come along with the mental fluctuations of life. i revealed i hadn't washed my hair for 3 days (normal - though certainly not pretty. i hate washing my hair). i hadn't slept consistently for months, and had less sleep in the past few days, than in a very long time (i have struggled with insomnia for most of my teenage and adult life, so this happens from time to time, and simply adds stress and weight to any other existing pressures in a life). i generally indicated that things were not in a good place from the mental health perspective. you can read the full note here.
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