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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
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To Get Things Done, I Need to Do Them Slooowly
Dear Conscience, It’s Monday, and it’s day 7 of my streak of writing to you. I don’t feel ready to move on from tackling the topic of time, but it’s a good time to add another element to the same topic. And this element is slowness. I used to think that in order to get 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 