Tag: diary
-
To want is to lack
“Want,‘ she told her, in a measured tone, ‘is an interesting word. It means lack. Sometimes if we fill that lack with something else the original want disappears entirely.” (Matt Haig, The Midnight Library) What’s something that you’ve always wanted? Personally, ever since I can remember I’ve wanted to have a big family. Having moved…
-
What’s one thing you like about yourself?
First off, I love team ice breakers. Asking a bunch of random questions to people that you should know more than you actually do, is an opportunity. Through these questions, we’re given the perfect opportunity to perhaps break free of the colleauge labels, and maybe just MAYBE go into the friendship category. During a team…
-
I adopted a cat and all of a sudden I had a Crisis
Let me start off by saying that I love my cat. She’s crazy, vicious, and extremely lovable, everything you would want in a cat. But no-one warned me about the anxiety someone would feel from adopting a cat. I have always been a dog person. I still am a dog person and will get a…
-
My Self-Help Book Came Ripped
I’m not usually a reader of self help books, as I feel like a majority of them provide the same information in between different covers. But I tried to jump on the Self- Help books culture again, and figured I’d start with The Happiness Hypothesis, because: I love Jonathan Haidt I really love Jonathan Haidt…
-
Talk About Lazy
Somedays I get up thinking I’m going to change the world. Other days I don’t get up. I’ve been in bed longer and longer these days, with the thought of what will I do if I wake up earlier? Passion is such a fickle mistress. For once in my life I know where I want…
-
Alexithymia
Alexithymia is a subclinical phenomenon involving a lack of emotional awareness or, more specifically, difficulty in identifying and describing feelings and in distinguishing feelings from the bodily sensations of emotional arousal (Nemiah et al., 1976). link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/alexithymia We take understanding emotions for granted. Of course usually it does not go to the point of complete emotional…
-
There’s Beauty in the Mundane
Rain falls and thunderstorms. The smell of cut grass. Seeing a smile. Hugging a friend. Shaking a dandelion vigorously so all the seeds fall off like feathers. Theres so much beauty in the mundane, yet why do we wish to be exceptional? I see a lot of people trying to rise to the top. Trying…
-
Last Minute Itis
Has anyone ever cancelled plans last minute? Sent that “sorry, cant make it!” text, just a couple hours before that actual hangout? So apparently theres a word for that, and its called last minute itis. I have last minute itis. The beauty of cancelling plans for the comforts of my own home is a pleasure…
-
“The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it.” -Morrie
So i just got fired. I mean its been a couple weeks but pretty much since then its been an ugly spiral of what im doing with my life. I go on instagram and look at all the accomplishments of people my age, masters degree here, in the middle of med school there, just got…
simplewords 