Flashback through January

January can be difficult. With the new year, new resolutions, cold weather, and the college semester starting, January can easily become overwhelming. Luckily, for me, I adapt rather quickly to new surroundings & circumstances, and I love the cold weather and Winter! Through January, California was [and still is] being hit with a lot of …

Five Ways Professors Can Help Students With Mental Illness — Psychology Today

Professors often feel ill-equipped to help students with mental illness. These five simple measures may have a real impact on struggling students. via Five Ways Professors Can Help Students With Mental Illness — Psychology Today

Discrediting Myself – Back to School

I've been thinking about this for the last week. School is starting on the 27th for me and I'm doing 4 classes (12 units - full time student). I'm also going to continue to work as much as I can. But this is where the anxiety of school & negative self-talk starts. I love school …

Day 5/100

JANUARY 22 List 5 negative things that happened this week. How can you turn them into positives? Well, this exercise came at the beginning of the week, Monday, so I will list things from last Monday to this Monday. Lets start with the biggest negative from last week... 1. Unknown loss of medical insurance. As …

My mind isn’t as quiet as I have been today.

I can probably attribute my mood drag to my medication, or lack thereof, last night. I had to get it refilled today. But I was like this before I missed the dose, so how does that work? I have had so much race through my head that I don't even know how to comprehend it, …

Is it failure or compromise?

I feel as though I've taken on too much and I'm at the point of tipping. But isn't that just an excuse for not trying? This year is coming to an end, and quickly. Let me recap 2017 Work full-time in an industry I despise Commute 90 minutes DAILY each way for work (until I …