Tag: anxiety

  • Lunchtime Reads 9.9.16

    It’s been too long since I’ve put together a Lunchtime Reads roundup post! I’ve been hoarding links, but haven’t been great at sharing them. Or anything really. I guess that’s a natural byproduct of buying a house, moving cities, and dealing with both wonderful and unfortunate life stuff. So anyway. Here we are. “Our current age…

  • Funk Busters — What to do When Nothing’s Right

    I had planned to sit down and write any number of aiming-to-be-brilliant-and-engaging things, but today’s got me in a funk. I don’t feel like writing. I don’t feel like working. I don’t feel like anything. So here’s a list of things I have done or should do to snap out of it. They’re mostly the…

  • A Confession & The Real Magic of Alt Summit

    I have a confession. My biggest concern and source of anxiety about going to Alt Summit last week was that the people I’d meet there would be super self-promoting, superficial, and disinterested in sincere conversation and friendship. Boy was I wrong. I’d just read so much about the time and effort that goes into the…

  • Conquering Alt anxiety

    In years past, I’ve looked at Alt Summit (and a lot of other things) as something that would always be just unattainable for me. Out of my reach, out of my realm. But I’ve done a lot this past year or so to change that kind of thinking, which is probably a whole other post…

  • Lunchtime Reads: 12.20.12

    I feel like I’m finally realizing the importance of female friendships. More compelling writing at The Rumpus. More advice from Cheryl Strayed. As I dip my toes into web design, it’s good to follow those in the know. I’m thinking I might need to set up rules around my own compulsive media usage. Maybe I’d…