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Too Tired To Know

Posted on June 21, 2021July 20, 2021by Vanessa Smith

It probably seems weird to outsiders, but you can be too tired to know.   One day, endless (four) consecutive courses into antibiotics, I was wondering why I was so hungry in the middle of the morning.   I had eaten breakfast. I had even eaten more than I usually would for breakfast! Sure, I […]

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Attention Spans and Grief

Posted on February 25, 2021February 25, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Attention Spans and Grief

I don’t think people know I was quieter while dealing with grief last year. I was probably tweeting just as much but not interacting as much. So on the surface, it didn’t look different. But it was different. I was often too tired to bother sharing my opinion or giving words of support – or […]

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No Life

Posted on February 4, 2021February 4, 2021by Vanessa Smith
No Life

When you wake up early from pain, there’s no life. You can’t do errands, nothing is open. The others in your house are asleep. Even real time video games are asleep and playing drowsy music, functionality turned off until a later time.   When you wake up early from pain, it’s no life.  

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Dancing on Broken Glass

Posted on January 29, 2021January 22, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Dancing on Broken Glass

I saw this phase on Pinterest – I think it was part of a “motivational” image… you know, “shake you hair loose” type of thing.   Dancing on Broken Glass   I feel like this is what some medical advice goes towards.   Now that I’m seen as chronic for my injury, I’m suddenly not […]

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Work From Home Morning Rituals

Posted on January 22, 2021January 22, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Work From Home Morning Rituals

Thanks to Covid, in 2020 I was able to spend a few months doing what I enjoy – working from home. While I like my colleagues and job, I’ve been commuting a long distance for a long time, and I cannot state my over-it-ness. It seems I’ll have to return to on site work when […]

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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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