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Sick or Tired
Dear Conscience, I can’t tell if I’m just overtired from not getting much sleep several nights in a row, or if I’m actually getting sick. I hope it’s the former. Either way, I should probably rest. But if you’ve been reading my letters, you know that I don’t have time for resting. I do want Continue reading
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Sick Day
Dear Conscience, What happens after two days of slipping up? I assume that I’ll just be better on the third day due to mounting pressure, and catch up. Instead, I get sick. And I’d much rather not have all these overdue things hanging over my head while sick…. If nothing else, I’m consistent about failing. Continue reading
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Life Happens
Dear Conscience, As you know, there was a plan (to declutter), and there was an opportunity (my daughter would spend the weekend at her grandparents). But then it all didn’t matter when life had different plans; my daughter got sick, and we spent the weekend (and more) going in and out of hospital. The important 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 