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Tag Archives: moving on
Apr
08
2010
Believe, Baby
I’m blogging so much because I don’t want to write my book. You realize this, don’t you?
That’s okay, it’s just temporary. I’m adjusting. Going straight to work on the book is too ballsy psychologically — it’s accepting I’ve really been laid off, and it’s acknowledging that I have choices I need to make about my future.
It’s [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, writing Also tagged attitude, avoidance, believing the hype, dreams, excuses, recharging, refocusing, unemployment 1 Comment
Being a photographer and loving light, it’s going to be a long time before I get over the regret of missing the sunset-lightning-fireworks for the ages experienced by Vancouver on Saturday night, all for more work on the home, but I will get over it, and then I’ll get to live with the results generated [...]
Posted in Journalling, Specifically Steff, keeping it real Also tagged cleaning, clearing the past, decluttering, getting beyond, home 3 Comments
Jul
20
2009
Everything In Its Place
I sometimes forget I’m a writer. I get out of practice, and then it doesn’t occur to me that, to be true to who I am on any given day, I should be playing with a few words. Sometimes I forget that wrestling hands-on with my experiences and my past is what makes me the [...]
May
11
2009
Ending an Era
It just took a light tap on a sweet spot, but the crystal glass shattered and shards scattered amongst my feet.
It was the last of a crystal wine goblet in a pattern called “Stephanie” that my mother bought with a giggle some 15–20 years ago because they bore my name. And now they’re all gone, just [...]
Posted in Specifically Steff Also tagged mother's day, motherless, the great purge, unshackling 1 Comment
The hardest part of losing weight, I’m finding, is the challenge of identity.
Being fat isn’t just something that happens over the course of a month. Being fat, becoming as fat as I ever got, took me 25 years exactly. 25 years of daily contributing to an obviously ever-growing problem.
From an eight-year-old spending a summer with [...]
Posted in Dimestore Philosophy, Hygiene & Health, Psychology & Moods, Specifically Steff, fitness, weight loss Also tagged childhood, owning the past, self-analysis, weight loss 6 Comments
The Fear of Moving On