Tag Archives: worry

It’s been a while

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Sarah

…Again. So I’m just going to rattle through the “highlights” of the past 7 months… Mid-February, I fell ill with an awful cough that lasted weeks, came with added bonus conjunctivitis, and then as a final flourish turned into a … Continue reading →

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An update on my “journey”

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Sarah

I previously wrote about trying to conceive, and the setback of being diagnosed with endometriosis. When I last wrote several months ago I wasn’t sure of the extent of the problem, or what (if any) help might be needed. I … Continue reading →

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Stoicism

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Sarah

I just read “The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking” by Oliver Burkemann. It presented several different counter-intuitive paths to happiness, having first discussed the limitations and ineffectiveness of a lot of the “positive thinking” cult. One … Continue reading →

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