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I Really Hate You

Posted on November 26, 2020by Vanessa Smith

Content Warning: Death, Trauma There’s one meme / share post that I despise seeing. It seems to do the round on Facebook more than any other platform, which for some reason makes sense, or maybe it’s just that I despise Facebook more so it mentally matches for me.   Anyway, the post is about being […]

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The Moisturiser I Found That Made My Week

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020by Vanessa Smith
The Moisturiser I Found That Made My Week

This week has been HARD. I was physically in my day job office on Wednesday, and after I had physio I came down with a headache.   It got worse rapidly. Thumping so violently. I walked past a glass-door fridge when I was in the kitchen getting water and the lights inside felt like they […]

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Hey Insurance, This Is Why No One Likes You

Posted on April 8, 2020by Vanessa Smith

Usual disclaimer. I am not a financial adviser. Go find someone who is qualified AND ETHICAL to take advice from.    This is just something that stays on my radar after setting up insurances for the first time, making mistakes, and realising how dodgy insurance can be.   In case you’ve been living under a […]

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The Curse of a Generous Heart (Also, Burnout)

Posted on February 10, 2020December 17, 2019by Vanessa Smith
The Curse of a Generous Heart (Also, Burnout)

A podcast I was listening to said something about burnout being the result of having a generous heart. That people with a generous heart want to help someone else.   The Curse of a Generous Heart (Also, Burnout)     Then my brain flipped it on its head. What happens to selfish people? Do they […]

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Tonsillectomy vs Tonsillitis

Posted on December 23, 2019December 17, 2019by Vanessa Smith
Tonsillectomy vs Tonsillitis

This blog post is adapted from a personal Facebook status update.    Posted on Facebook, about 5 days after my tonsillectomy: I must look really good today because when I walked into the GP’s room she asked if I was going to be sick (just tired & in pain). The good news is I got […]

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Fuck Off With Your Comfort Zone Bullshit

Posted on December 21, 2019August 31, 2020by Vanessa Smith

Last night when I was cranky, not feeling the being on holiday thing, and achey, I saw a post about comfort zones.   Fuck Off With Your Comfort Zone Bullshit   Here we fucking go again. Thanks to door hook in this post, I’ve literally not been in a comfort zone all year.    I […]

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Parents Do Not Own “Tired”

Posted on October 18, 2019by Vanessa Smith
Parents Do Not Own "Tired"

This blog post is adapted from a personal Facebook status update; I keep wanting to share it when “BUT PARENTING” becomes a legitimate, all-encompassing argument somehow, so I thought I would enshrine it as a blog post for easy reference.   Parenting social media status updates often sound like chronic condition social media status updates. […]

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Episode 3 – Boundaries

Posted on September 22, 2019October 6, 2019by Vanessa Smith
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The NormalNess Podcast – Episode 3 – Boundaries   A chat about how I’ve used boundaries this year to help me manage my health.   You can listen below, or subscribe in iTunes or Spotify.       I’m here today to talk to you quickly about boundaries. These aren’t the typical ones that get talked about in […]

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Positives of Exhaustion

Posted on September 9, 2019by Vanessa Smith

To be honest, I’d probably be super pissed if I saw this being written, so bear with me if you’re also feeling pissed at this title.   Positives of Exhaustion   My current super fun exhaustion is vitamin d deficiency. Muscle pain is so great. When I have a day where I hit about 9000 […]

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Randoms 16

Posted on August 5, 2019August 8, 2019by Vanessa Smith

Up, down, shake it all around. That feels like recent weeks for me.    Randoms 16     It turns out that getting home and experiencing extreme muscular fatigue has a reason! Sarcastic yay for another deficiency being discovered. Vitamin D. I guess those lunchtime walks I used to take until I was injured in […]

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