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When Does CoDesign Become Consulting?

Posted on June 8, 2023June 8, 2023by Vanessa Smith

I recently wanted to apply for an art thing. Only it required in person attendance. Which, as a mostly housebound person… didn’t feel doable. I sent in a query about how to have a modified version of this so I could apply for the art thing. I received a thoughtful response, but it lead me […]

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Learning and Unlearning

Posted on May 31, 2023May 31, 2023by Vanessa Smith
Learning and Unlearning

Learning and Unlearning   Take a look at this reel:     View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Charlie Rewilding 🌻 (@charlierewilding)   It’s really good. It’s on the topic of burnout but I feel it’s really applicable for all kinds of chronic and fluctuating conditions.    My health has never […]

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Take Care of Yourself

Posted on February 10, 2023February 10, 2023by Vanessa Smith

Take Care of Yourself   The last three weeks have been exhausting. Mostly due to stress. I did briefly utilise EAP chat to talk about the stress of discrimination in job hunting but it basically came down to “I’m sorry that’s happening to you. It is wrong. Can you do craft?”    I was hoping […]

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The Stab and Twist

Posted on August 2, 2022August 15, 2022by Vanessa Smith

There are plenty of moments in life where you get stabbed, but also feel the knife twist inside you. Hopefully they’re all metaphorical and not real, because while the metaphorical sucks, I assume the real also really fucking hurts.   I’m still trying to unpack layers of mental crap from my last job. I think […]

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Ticking a task box

Posted on May 30, 2022May 16, 2022by Vanessa Smith

Ticking a task box   I recently completed a task I had been putting off all year so far. I think time turning to May shamed me a bit internally and while shame isn’t exactly an ideal motivator … that’s what did it this time.    The task was simple, it was just fixing up […]

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When Acute Crushes You

Posted on May 28, 2022May 24, 2022by Vanessa Smith

I have no idea where 2022 has gone. A few days ago I was shocked it’s May already and somehow June is racing toward me.    In a household of two chronic people there’s always give and take. But we tag team between us and between whatever our fluctuating capacities are.    Until acute things […]

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April Creative Contemplations

Posted on April 30, 2022May 10, 2022by Vanessa Smith
Creative Contemplations

Project updates: My Fictional Life With Kids: Need to fix up hosting. It’s annoying. Totally Normal Dollhouse: Zero progress since I caught covid. Boo hiss to the plague.   This month I was: Reading: All the Cassie Coburn novels. Gaming: Got obsessively into high scores on Mini Metro+ …letting it run for hours to get […]

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Switching My Brain Off

Posted on April 13, 2022May 10, 2022by Vanessa Smith
Switching My Brain Off

Four days. I have four straight days off from my day job, thanks to public holidays. I tell you what, I don’t much like Christianity but I’ll take the public holidays they give me.   But already my brain is swapping to “what can I get done?” mode. Why? Why do we do this to […]

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March Creative Contemplations

Posted on March 31, 2022May 10, 2022by Vanessa Smith
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Feeling bundles of frustration and pain flares. Lots of “ugh, life: stuff to deal with. Pain flares, after effects of flood stress even though we didn’t flood. Wondering if I’ll ever have enough energy to juggle a day job and my creative projects and my business projects. Oh yeah, then, after two very successful years […]

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February Creative Contemplations

Posted on February 28, 2022May 10, 2022by Vanessa Smith
Creative Contemplations

I feel like I did a lot in January (snarky gratitude journal, dollhouse project) and nothing in February. But I started a new day job and did that “be kind to yourself” stuff that was all about NOT doing things while I went through change. Ugh. Like, being kind to yourself is good but it’s […]

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