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Am I Finally Becoming an Imperfectionist?
Dear Conscience, Another semi-successful day in progress. I’m starting to appreciate these. A fully successful day usually is followed by three days of doom that undo and make worse any improvement achieved. I didn’t declutter (ie remove from my possession) much, and I did spend an hour on nonsense scrolling in my parked car, so Continue reading
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Semi-good Days FTW
Dear Conscience, I had a slow morning, caring for my daughter, who’s finally on a mend. Then I made sure to send off some emails before I leave the house. Then I had to hide from the rain alone at my cluttered apartment instead of running errands, so I watched a show instead of doing Continue reading
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Skip a Beat, But Not the Whole Song
Dear Conscience, I didn’t check in yesterday. I remembered a couple of times, but ultimately forgot to do it. The good news is, I didn’t forgot to actually keep semi-accountable. Yes, I did spend more than ideal amount of time browsing the internet (laptop browser tricker than phone to manage), but I didn’t totally throw 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 