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Life is short, week 4 of 52
Stats: Less hives, more migraines. Advil cannot run out in this house. Life is short moments for the week: 1. Rehearsing for a presentation where I’m not really tuned in yet— how do you present a plan you’re just getting caught up on? You practice with a person who is so much better than you on public speaking. I asked for help and got it. I botched it of course, but hey I didn’t cuss at the worst moment. That is a win. 2. Realizing that the first thing as an Asian woman, in a group of male leaders, presenting something in my second language, my first reflex is to…
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Life is short, week 3 of 52
Status report: Ran out of ibuprofen and running out of Tylenol because of all the stress migraines. 1. Ate ice cream for two meals last week. I didn’t feel like eating, but my meds kept me dizzy and/or awake because of hunger. Solution: the last of my vanilla ice cream, and most of my Chocolate Chip Cookie dough pint. To do: buy a bottle of sprinkles. 2. Ordered three pizzas from my favorite place. I like nonmeat pizzas. Don’t judge me. 3. Made a batch of posole. Ate it continuously for 3 days. I realize all of my life is short things were food related this week. This is what…
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Life is short: Week 2 of 52
Last week’s Life is Short moments were: 1. Buying a silly mug because it makes me happy. It’s semi NSFW, and doesn’t fit too much coffee, and can’t accommodate the phin filter, but it always makes people smile when they see it. To me that’s a win. 2. Building flatpack furniture solo. So I went from 0-100 and I wouldn’t trust this thing for long, but I was able to make it, and it hasn’t fallen apart so far. Life skill, check. 3. Giving Chibi more space. Little lady has been exploring more, and I’ve seen her binky like I haven’t seen in years. I love that I get to…
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2022 — I’m going with, “Life is short.”
In 2021, it was all covid fatigue. We’ve been a year in. I knew I was in a not good place to begin. I came up for air bruised and battered, and all the more scarred. I hope I really made the moments count. There were a lot of decisions made under the guise of “Life is short.” Sure, there were decisions that ultimately hurt like hell afterwards. But there were also ones that changed me for good. I’m not going to go into details that can get me into trouble, but suffice to say— I did my best to live while I could. Having lost two friends tragically (not…
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What I’m grateful for, week 52 of 52
1. Life. I talk a lot of shit about finding it hard to find the good of every day, and it does happen for me, but with this pandemic still raging on — it’s becoming more and more common to hear one person be here one moment, and not in the next. My immediate family and loved ones are all still here. Our lives have changed and I have not been able to be in the presence of some people I love since this all started — but we still get to. I’m grateful for that. 2. Support. I am so grateful for the people that show up for me…
