I did it! I broke my “Hiatus from Blogging” record by like, A LOT!!! But this time, friends, my blog is a part of my plan to help heal the world (NBD) so I’m probably gonna be on here a lot more. . . and REGULARLY! I also did another thing. . . I quit…
Category: Personal Blog
Jessie. . . QUITS HER DAY JOB!
Y’all. . . I’m quitting my job! Ok, ok, not really. At least, not yet. I have a full time job that I actually don’t hate (where I can wear whatever I want, like, literally pajamas) working for a woman entrepreneur just 10 minutes from my house. I have health insurance thanks to my…
Explaining Bipolar Disorder in Two Easy Steps!
Were you recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder and you’re not sure how to explain it to your friends and family? Or maybe you’ve been managing your bipolar disorder successfully for some time now but you find you’ve got to tell your new romantic partner why you’re bringing a bag full o’ prescription bottles on your…
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not – Either Way, It’s All in My Head
I feel like those of us with mental health issues are constantly chasing normalcy – in whatever form comes quickest at times. Sometimes we really buckle in and do the hard work through therapists and psychiatrists – but sometimes we’re weak, or we get laid off and our health benefits expire. Ya know, fucking life….
Redirecting Negative Thinking – 10 Questions to Challenge Your Inner Negative Nancy
FRIDAY, FRIDAY, FRIDAY!!! The fight of the year! Negative Nancy vs Logical Linda!!! You’ve been there, we’ve all been there, faced with a situation that truly could go any which way yet our brain immediately imagines the worst and off we go into the depths of despair. Now, how often has this situation ended up…
Farewell, 2017, you were. . . you just were. (part II)
Where did I leave off? Ahh yes. . . August. . . (part I) August. . . Nothing terribly exciting happened in August. I kept up with physical and mental health therapy. Thanks to the mental health therapy I was better able to navigate the hiccups of early relationships – or at least, the hiccups…
Farewell, 2017, you were. . . you just were. (part I)
Dear 2017. . . Where do I even start with you? You brought us number 45 which has been a dark circus of epic proportions. January. . . I started mental health therapy because I wanted to try to start dating again and I had some baggage I needed to work through. I was also…
The Last 97 Days of Jessie Doing Life
Ohhhhh heeeyyyyy, guyyyyssss. . . It’s been 97 days since my last post! That’s almost 1/4 of the entire year of 2017. A lot’s been going on and I definitely have tons to write about (and have been getting on myself for NOT posting about!) but ya know what? I’ve been living! And thanks to…
You Have Value
A friend from college posted on the Facebooks today asking for friends to share a memory they have with her – something positive, because she’s having a tough time. This woman was a bad ass in college; she was a sorority sister of mine who was a known local DJ and even though she was…
It’s a Process – Weekly Therapy Takeaways No. 05
Oh Geez, you guys, it’s been a doozy lately. Work has been a mess, packing up to move (maybe?) in two weeks has been a mess, closing on a house when my realtor is a mess and the seller is a mess has been. . . a MESS, working on a business plan for a…
