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PTO Days
I’m not the type of person who saves her paid time off to use for extended vacations. I’ve never actually had the travel bug. I might be convinced to take that sort of vacation depending on where I’m going and who is going to be there, but I am content to stay home most of… Continue reading
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Unofficial Theme Songs
Depression does funny things. Which is kind of ironic when you stop and think about it. During my deepest lows, music can either be a salve for my soul or break me down. Both of which are, honestly, cathartic in their own way. When I am having a harder day, surprisingly, it’s not books that… Continue reading
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Nostalgia (Part 1)
Picture this – it’s 1995, and Siemelle’s father finally caved and purchased a family computer (because in 1995, we didn’t have individual computers, we had one computer that everyone had to use). This huge-ass monitor, tower, speakers, mouse, and keyboard took up an entire desk. It also took about two hours to set up, and… Continue reading
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5 Random Rules
At some point in my years on this earth, I established rules I didn’t realize I was establishing, and I follow them to a fault. I was alerted to this fact one night in the recent past, when I attempted to stray from the rules only to hit a wall. All I can say is,… Continue reading
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Friday Night Thoughts
Here is the thing about depression: while there are commonalities in the way it appears in each person, no one experiences depression the same way. It’s an individual thing that just so happens to present itself in many ways. Two people can experience fatigue thanks to the disorder, but between the same two people, one… Continue reading
