there was a ghoul on a misty moor

[erika]

(I'm horrible at sourcing these, I need to get better at that, but!)
Sometimes Writer's Block is Really Depression

Writing Begins with Forgiveness

Alternatives to Writing Your Thesis

Advice to a Young Therapist

The Laws of Boundaron/Lord of Boundaries
(Rules without the corrollaries:
You cannot control other people's actions.
You cannot control other people's emotions.
Consent is necessary.
Respect people's privacy.
Protect yr own boundaries.)

Get Out of Your Own Way
Are You Resisting Change?
Quotes to Inspire Positive Change

Self Regulation Failure -- 8 Tips to Strengthen Willpower

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What to do when you're not the hero any more

...stories are mirrors, but they are also windows. They let you see yourself transfigured, but they also let you live lives you haven’t had the chance to imagine, as many other lives as there are stories yet to be told, without once leaving your chair.

Compulsive Gamers have 'hyperconnected neural networks'

Polyamory: Taboo for Religious Americans, but not for the rest

Enthralling fascinating articles that will lead you to question time, space, and mortality:
Einstein's Camera via This

Movies I want to see: Sita Sings the Blues
Also Angry Indian Goddesses.

Exercise resources:
jog.fm: the Perfect Music for your Run/Walk/Ride (haven't used it yet, but it looks very interesting)

Listicles:
15 Former Couch Potatoes Share Their Tips for Getting in Shape Here are the Only 15 Exercises You Need to Get in Shape
19 Fitness Tips for "Lazy Girls" (Buzzfeed, I allow this because the subtitle is that she is a former lazy girl. But I'm not happy.)

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I also apparently committed a couple Mixes sometime in a fugue. Yeah, I don't talk about it much unless you catch me in person, but I ran a radio show on the local college network for awhile. Little known Erika fact: my music collection numbers over 23,000 tracks.

Anyway, re: mixes: One got away from me and tells a story, one is full of lullabies and quiet awesome instrumentals, and one is still in development and seems to be full of women declaring themselves to be strong and awesome (but I need more Beyoncé because imho, Run the World (Girls) is a musical wasteland disguised as a 'song' with a great video).

Stay tuned for updates.

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This month's small changes:

• Wearing watch.
  Watch beeps at 10AM, 2pm, and 10pm. 10am is my first med-break and my "you should have eaten breakfast by now" alarm, 2pm is my second med break and "eat lunch sometime soon" bell, and 10pm is my "night time meds: also! think about going to bed and ignore it" notification.


• Observing thoughts.
  (oo, hey, a variation on the good old "once he really gets to know me, he won't like me" worry. that's fresh and interesting, brain, good job there, really.)


• Scheduling in good activities.
  Today I sat zazen at a nearby Zen center.

Signed up for getyourwordsout and there's still a few days left if you want to join me in pledging to write between 75,000 and 500,000 words!


GetYourWordsOut: Year Eight!
Pledges & Requirements | GYWO.net

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Granted, there's still a constant tensity of encroaching doom above my head, but it seems less doom-ier nowadays.

Until I remember the pre-trial is Friday.

Comments

[silverhare]

Thinking of you. <3

[enemyofperfect]

AHAHAHA THE TITLE OF THAT FIRST LINK. Ahem. No, I'm fine. (Oh my gosh.)

Seriously though, that's an awesome set of links. Laurie Penny is always so great! And gaudior -- omg, I can't even remember how I first found it, but I will never forget their post On Freud's "Mourning and Melancholia".

And I love the video excerpted in Einstein's Camera. I guess it's supposed to be alienating, but I'm just like, look at all these beautiful people going about their lives, who otherwise would just flash by in a blur. ♥