Continue reading “The Art Slump”In theory, I should be reading all the time, every day. But reality isn’t like that. Sometimes you’re depressed, and sometimes you’re going through something emotionally that zaps all of your desire for art.
Got A Reading Problem? Ask The Book Doctor! by Kelsey McKinney for Defector
Seasonal Depression and Me: 2024 Edition
Content Warning: This post talks about seasonal depression and mentions sadness, melancholy and loneliness.
I will put the rest of this post after the “Read More” barrier.
Continue reading “Seasonal Depression and Me: 2024 Edition”On Death, Grief and My Mental Health
Content Warning – This post talks about heavy topics like death, grief, burnout and mental health.
Anyone who’s gotten over a heartbreak or a bereavement knows that there aren’t five stages of grief you pass through like they were five whistlestop towns on the train route. You are more this way one day and more that way the other, looping and regressing, and maybe building reconciliation or acceptance like a log cabin while living in sorrow, rather than sliding into it like you were stealing third base.
Rebecca Solnit, Slow Change Can Be Radical Change
H/T to Kottke for sharing this on his blog.
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