All I want is to lead a productive and successful life. I take two steps forward and 20 steps back. I’ve been working so hard at this life. To have a good work ethic and take care of myself and get my work done, and be dependable and and and…and it never ends. It’s like …
Tag Archives: selfhelp
Insanity
Why is it so easy? So easy to care so little for me. It doesn’t matter how much work has been done, or how far I’ve come, it takes next to no time to fall into bad habits. It’s so much easier to take on harmful patterns than to do what I know is best …
The Most Challenging Year
This month marks a year since the most challenging time of my life. December will mark a year since I finally decided to take the help my family was offering. February is the month I received my mental health diagnosis. This has been the most difficult, telling, revolutionary year of my life to date. I …
It’s a Good Life That I Live
Waking up every morning is exhausting. I put my full effort into being happy and chugging through the day to day. Even to just be content would be nice. It seems like a chore just to do the things that seem to come so easily to others. To shower and brush my teeth is more …
Work To Be Done
This article outlines the struggles of depression, as well as the realization that healing never truly ends.
Making Love
Making Love is such a beautiful thing. These are such strange times but, times that have shown me a side of life I’ve never gotten to enjoy. The mention of ‘Making Love’ brings such a specific picture to mind. It’s two people, it’s sexual, it’s only available through another person. I am learning that sincerely …
Three Wise Men
It’s such a strange feeling to be so comfortable around a person you hardly know. It doesn’t happen often, but I felt it as soon as I met Maureen and Jeff. I should have known when I kept running into them throughout the bookstore that it was for a reason. It’s usually so unnerving to …
My Declaration of Self-Help
I’m a waitress. One thing I hear constantly from my managers and coworkers is “don’t be afraid to ask for help”. I don’t like that. I am not good at asking for help; it makes me extremely uncomfortable and halfway through asking for it, I normally decide it was a mistake and try to reverse …