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How To Be An Untidy Student

This week, I return to university… for the last time. I’m so excited. I can’t wait to be done. But before I go, I want to impart some wisdom. (Anyone who knows me even remotely should know that...

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Writing Wednesday: “Margins”

I exist I exist I exist I exist and though the world is not my mirror its people are pools of water bits of shiny windows lenses of a too-dark sunglasses and I can see myself in someone’s face...

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New Bullet Journal Setup

In preparation for my new bullet journal, I assessed my old one and what worked and what didn’t. From that, I made a list of what I wanted to include in the new bullet journal. So, here’s the list of...

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Writing Wednesday: Depression

1. A balloon In a bundle of carnival balloons held by a clown’s hand, I am the one floating near the clown’s head. I do not soar. I do not reach and inspire. I bob along. Perhaps I am a pleasant colour...

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“If I Can Do It, So Can You”

Now to Then 17-year-old with a chance to get away. Where is far enough? Where is too far? What can be achieved while there? 16-year-old with a sibling, recently deceased, a month away from 19. Police...

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Month In Review: August 2016

August was a hard month. It always is. I hate August. It and February are the two chunks of the year where I want to skip and go to the next level. I’ve always felt bitter about this month, since I’d...

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Bullet Journal: Notebook Review – Productive Luddite

In preparation for my next (and final) university semester, I sought a new notebook for my bullet journal. Up until now, I had been using a lined notebook I had kicking around—it was spiral bound with...

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How To Be An Untidy Student

This week, I return to university… for the last time. I’m so excited. I can’t wait to be done. But before I go, I want to impart some wisdom. (Anyone who knows me even remotely should know that...

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Writing Wednesday: “Margins”

I exist I exist I exist I exist and though the world is not my mirror its people are pools of water bits of shiny windows lenses of a too-dark sunglasses and I can see myself in someone’s face...

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Thoughts On Fluid Sexuality

This is a post I’ve wanted to write for a while. I suppose I prefaced this post by writing Types of Being “Out”, but though the topic is related, I’m touching on a different aspect. Fluidity. Change....

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Writing Wednesday: Ghostly Flash Fiction

I died a few days ago, and moving into the Afterlife was a struggle—but why would it be very different from moving in the Mortal world? Bureaucracy. I thought I would bypass it when I died, but then...

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Trash Fire Society

I had a different post scheduled for today, but it felt inappropriate to post right now—for many reasons. I wish I could disconnect from the trash fire society we live in. The one, particularly in...

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5 Very Specific Pet Peeves

Like every other human on the planet, I get annoyed. And I get annoyed quite often. I have a short fuse. A temper, if you will. And some things are like a million matches set on that short fuse. Waking...

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Writing Wednesday: “Plane of a Face”

the rhetorical roller coaster throws me for a hypotenuse and I fall straight edge straight down straight across straight up a corner… a tunnel… a freedom and an insurmountable height, straight ↑ what’s...

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Mental Illness and Writing

Mental illness and writing do not go hand-in-hand. But then again, mental illness doesn’t particularly go hand-in-hand with anything productive. It hits hard against writing and creative work, however....

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Bullet Journal Spreads: September 2016

We’re reaching the end of the month, so I figured I’d showcase how my new bullet journal setup has fared throughout September. This is all in the new notebook I started (review of the “Productive...

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Writing Wednesday: October Goals

For this week’s Writing Wednesday, I’m sharing goals for the upcoming month instead of posting some of my creative writing. I figure it’s time I get a bit more transparent and permanent with what I...

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New Bullet Journal Setup

In preparation for my new bullet journal, I assessed my old one and what worked and what didn’t. From that, I made a list of what I wanted to include in the new bullet journal. So, here’s the list of...

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Thoughts On Fluid Sexuality

This is a post I’ve wanted to write for a while. I suppose I prefaced this post by writing Types of Being “Out”, but though the topic is related, I’m touching on a different aspect. Fluidity. Change....

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Writing Wednesday: Ghostly Flash Fiction

I died a few days ago, and moving into the Afterlife was a struggle—but why would it be very different from moving in the Mortal world? Bureaucracy. I thought I would bypass it when I died, but then...

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