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Skipped a Beat
Dear Conscience, I didn’t write to you yesterday. A 64 day steak broken. But it’s not even the longest streak I broke. The more concerning part is that I’m stuck in my old habits and mindset, and can’t wiggle my way out. Ultimately ending with a breakdown of everything. I need to pick up the Continue reading
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Why Do I Write Here?
Dear Conscience, I have been writing to you daily, and publishing my letters on this blog, since last summer. It is not really blogging, it is more like public journaling. And I definitely experience the widely touted benefits of journaling, the habit has been helpful in my daily life. The question is, why is my Continue reading
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New Beginnings
Dear Conscience, I spoke about my gripe with streaks. And here’s an example of the cruelty. I have been writing to you every day for 116 days. It is my longest streak of anything ever. Yesterday, on day 117, I wrote to you again. But I was in an airplane, so offline, and I saved Continue reading
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Rough Day Ahead
Dear Conscience, Today is going to be rough. One of those days with too many balls in the air, and I need to prepare for all scenarios, but I’m paralyzed instead. Ok, out of bed, and into the battle. Sincerely, B. Continue reading
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The Trouble with Streaks
Dear Conscience, I have a love-hate relationship with streaks. They can be an easy motivation, and just as easily a motivation killer. I am talking about this today, because today is my 66th day of writing here in a row without breaking the streak. 66 is one of the magic numbers being thrown around in Continue reading
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Back to Square One?
Dear Conscience, Streaks are rough. Miss a day, and you’re back to square one. Granted, I’m not proud of the last few days. But I shouldn’t have them set me back to a time when there was absolutely no progress. It should be a setback, but not a complete downfall. Maybe streaks aren’t for me. Continue reading
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101 Posts
Dear Conscience, this is my 101st post since I started this self-accountability blog journal. And if you look at the post history, it is patchy. I started with daily writing. Then I skipped some days. Then I had a lull of a couple of months. And here I am now, on a 30-day streak, the Continue reading
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Broken Streak :(
Dear Conscience, Seems like it should be simple to just check in briefly every day from my phone, which I have on me nearly all the time. And yet, I failed to check in yesterday. It is because I’ve been procrastinating on it. Thinking “ok, I’ll do it in the evening”, “I’ll do it after Continue reading
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Just for Streak’s Sake
As the title says. I have nothing to brag about today. Keeping up this daily posting even just formally is the only thread keeping me believing that I didn’t give up on keeping up. Good night. Continue reading
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Perseverance, yeah right
It’s 2am, I was woken up by my daughter. Abs just as I decided how I shouldn’t look at my phone so I get back to sleep asap, I realized I forgot to post. I broke my streak, and on Perseverance day, of all of them. After a month nearly, when I really thought it’s 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 