2023
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Inspiration
Dear Conscience, We’ve run through the week, and through the year! It’s Sunday, with the theme of Inspiration, just in time to open the door into 2024. What’s up? Inspiration is usually the initial spark, yet I put it at the end. Simply because I don’t have the mind space for it. I’m too worried, Continue reading
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Last Ditch Effort
Dear Conscience, I am disappointed, but not surprised. I know myself. I was hoping this time would be different, but it is not. I am scrambling yet again in the last remaining hours that I have left before a family holiday trip. I will not be back until 2024 has started. I am taking mental Continue reading
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Just Trying to Get Through the To-Do Labyrinth
Dear Conscience, I’m on the second day of my 4-day plan to duct-tape my year together before it ends. First day wasn’t a total write-off, but it wasn’t stellar either. The first point about staying healthy was definitely ambitious — no way I will suddenly get into all these healthy habits now in the final Continue reading
About Me
I got my first nickname when I was 4 years old. It was “bakitza”, which means ‘an old lady’. I’ve always been an old lady on the inside. And as I progress towards being an old lady on the outside too, I want to take control of this journey. To reach the full fledged bakitza level with a peace of mind I always associated with that life stage. I thought it would come on it’s own with age. But now I realize that I have to take control over the mess that my life currently is in order to be a thoroughly satisfied bakitza one day.
Becoming Bakitza 