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Take Rest
Read more: Take RestThere is something comical about writing this post today after writing about how I’m a bit of a machine. I fell behind this week, and it coordinated with a time that my family needed me to take rest. So instead of posting a blog post yesterday that was extremely close to being ready, I took…
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How to Do a Task You Don’t Want to Do
Read more: How to Do a Task You Don’t Want to DoWe all have those tasks… No matter how much you know it needs to get done, it seems impossible to do. It’s not because you don’t know how to do it. You are just having a mental block when it comes to this particular task. You probably can’t even explain why exactly you have that…
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On Emotion
Read more: On EmotionI am a person who has always had big emotions. For years, I didn’t know how to handle them and they would take me over in ways that were not healthy. But now? I have a whole set of coping skills and can put these emotions to work for me. Not only is it healthier,…
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Why I Write About Social Media & Mental Health
Read more: Why I Write About Social Media & Mental HealthAs we close Mental Health Awareness Month, I wanted to write about why social media and mental health is so important to me. Whether what I’m posting about this is helping I can’t fully say. I just know that talking about topics of this magnitude is always a good first step to action. And boy…
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When Someone is Mean on Social Media
Read more: When Someone is Mean on Social MediaIf I have the time, I like to do a project for free that will stretch me a little or just centers in on something I’m really passionate about. I have one of those projects right now. It’s more passion than anything, and I can do as much or as little as I please. Well,…
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On Resilience
Read more: On Resilience“Resilience” is a word I have been meditating on lately. Somehow, against all odds, I have become a resilient person. I never saw that coming. So why am I writing about this on a blog dedicated to issues around social media? Odd choice, right? Not really, if you think about it. If you’ve worked in…
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How I Learned to Do More Work By Cleaning My House
Read more: How I Learned to Do More Work By Cleaning My HouseIf you were to ask me what I hate doing more than anything, I’d say, without hesitation, that it’s obviously cleaning my house. Just come on in on a random Tuesday afternoon to take a look at my office to see my random piles and the dust that seems to be accumulating everywhere. I’m a…
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How to Work When You’re Emotional
Read more: How to Work When You’re EmotionalI’m admittedly a person with big feelings. You might even go so far as to say I’m an empath. I take a lot in, which can be a total asset. It makes me actually feel what our social media communities feel. However, it means that I can also get emotional. Sometimes about random things. If…
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The Perfectionism Problem on Social Media
Read more: The Perfectionism Problem on Social MediaWe have heard so many times about how the perfectionism on social media is harming our mental health. It’s to the point that people are getting plastic surgery to look like Instagram filters. It’s a serious problem and there is thankfully a movement to combat it with the realities of their life, and I frankly…
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How to Work in Social Media and Maintain Your Mental Health
Read more: How to Work in Social Media and Maintain Your Mental HealthI’m the first to say working in social media can be an absolute drain on your mental health. Those social media breaks others get to take to clear their head? Not an option. Choosing what and how you consume content? Not completely in your control. But it doesn’t have to totally break you. There can…
