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Weekly Update #4 (Public Journal)

Happy (not really) Monday! Well, I hope your Monday is happy, I just mean mine isn’t. I did not write my post on Sunday like I usually do because I was exhausted and I still am. So I am sitting here trying to write it out before noon. (Spoiler: I did not get it done by then) If I could describe my past week in one word, it would be TIRING. I grossly underestimated how tired the back-to-school…

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Weekly Update #1 (Public Journal)

I was thinking about the idea of doing a sort of public journal, like a weekly update kind of thing, but then I was like, “Is that stupid? Why would anyone want to read that? Isn’t that a little bit old school blog?” And maybe no one would, but also maybe someone would. Maybe talking about my struggles, daily routine, etc could make someone not feel so alone, so I figured what can it hurt? I…

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Hypocrisy of "Thoughts and Prayers"

I saw a post on Facebook today that said, “There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve.” I started to think about just how true that was. In the wake of so many tragic mass shootings and losses of life, so many people are quick to share about it and say they are praying for the families affected, praying for the loved ones of the victims,…