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 […]
Health
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 […]
Fuck Off With Your Comfort Zone Bullshit
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 […]
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. […]
Episode 3 – Boundaries
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 […]
Positives of Exhaustion
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 […]
Randoms 16
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 […]
I Need To Get Out Of My Own Way
Or I need to be kinder to myself. Or both? Somehow. I haven’t really written or published many new posts this year because I got injured and I’ve been focusing on managing it (and glorious side effects such as pain, fatigue from pain and allergic reactions). Which means whenever I look at what I […]
Self Care Isn’t A Magic Pill
What does successful self care feel like? The thing is, it can still feel shit. There are many things I can’t write about my (semi) recent house move. But I can say is that it was shitty shitty and very draining on both of us. While the outcome was great, a house move organised (both […]
Health Fund Swap Fun
I signed up for extras cover with health fund A about a year ago. After a check up at the dentist, I decided that I would swap to health fund B as I could get better coverage (eg unlimited general dental for a lot of needed maintenance work) for a much better price than health fund A […]