frustration
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Course Correction
Dear Conscience, It is not going well. I have been on the phone with government bureaucracy all morning. I want to cry. I have not done anything that I wanted to do. I have not started the week well. I need to course correct, but I am so irritated and on the burst of crying Continue reading
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Dilemma is a Heavy Burden
Dear Conscience, It’s just rants these days. Each of the last three days, which started already by me thinking I’m maximally overloaded, added yet another heavy burden on my aching shoulders. And not just any kind of burden. Not just some extra work that needs to get done. But big new life dilemmas with long 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 