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Day 96: Taking things one day at a time

6 Apr 2020 atwistonlife

Yesterday, I achieved the impossible. I achieved balance. I woke up early, as I usually tend to. I worked out. I did laundry. I vacuumed.

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Days 46 and 47: Whatever.

17 Feb 2020 atwistonlife

I was (am) still feeling down in the dumps about Valentine’s Day, and I had to keep an eye on work all weekend, and overall

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Day 43: Book Worm

13 Feb 2020 atwistonlife

What did I do for myself yesterday? What did I achieve? This question is harder than usual today. I went for a walk and I

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Day 42: Romancing Myself

12 Feb 2020 atwistonlife

Yesterday after work I had an hour to spare before meeting a friend for happy hour. I didn’t go home and let the Nothing take

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Day 40: The Nothing Wears Me Down

10 Feb 2020 atwistonlife

It is Monday morning. My house is clean and my body is sore. I overslept and I plan to work from home today. I dusted,

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Day 39: The Nothing Gets Stronger

9 Feb 2020 atwistonlife

I went and had dinner with friends. It was good to be around people. And yet, the Nothing lingers. It crept in a bit on

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Day 30: I’ll do Anything to beat depression

31 Jan 2020 atwistonlife

Yesterday’s successes include, in no particular order: Going for a walk in the (very rare for this time of year) sunshine Booking a weekend getaway

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Day 3 of Celebrating Successes: The World That We Knew

4 Jan 2020 atwistonlife

Alice Hoffman’s The World That We Knew traverses all the areas of France in which I traveled earlier this year, takes place in the past,

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Constant Exposure to Current Events is Harmful to Emotional Well-Being

22 Nov 2019 atwistonlife

All week long, I’ve been unable to write. Usually, I set up blog posts at night so they will publish the next morning. If for

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Thoughts On “The Miniaturist” by Jessie Burton, ADHD, and Loneliness

12 Nov 2019 atwistonlife

I spent the last week transported into the 1600s in Amsterdam. It was winter, and it was cold. And I was very much alone, and

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Historical Fiction with a Dash of Magic: A Reading List

17 Oct 2019 atwistonlife

(If you’re here only for the reading list, scroll down. The table of contents that should appear at the top of this post apparently doesn’t

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Thoughts on “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society”

13 Oct 2019 atwistonlife

I am so happy to be reading again. Reading as I used to read, where I become completely absorbed by a story and fall in

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Digital Detox Update: Books! So Many Books!

12 Oct 2019 atwistonlife

If you’ve never tried a digital detox, even a small one, I highly recommend doing so, particularly if, like me, you are often anxious and

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