We only have so many spoons. — As I was listening to my meditation today, the narrator told the story of filling your vase strategically so you can theoretically get everything done. The vase story failed as a topic of meditation. I dwelled on how ableist the vase analogy was and why. (The original vase origin was…

I’m not going to even try — I’m about to hit the big four-seven. I could argue that my age is smacking me more than being hit. There’s something magical about waking up from sleep more injured than when you went to bed. If I started taking inventory of my body, I’d have to discard a lot…

Why, oh why, is Jerry advertising on you, LinkedIn? Like every good LinkedIn user who hasn’t blocked notifications outright, I am underwhelmed by the non-stop advertising requests. “See, see here? This business says it wants new employees. You could be one!” My profile is open to all the randoms who…

My eyes fluttered open blearily. My hands rotely peeled the sticky, wet orange. I’d woken up like this before — unaware of how I’d gotten to where I stood. Somehow, in the darkness, I knew I was in the kitchen. A steady dripping noise assaulted my ears. My toes stretched…

We’ll be there in 120 minutes, 90, 60, 30, 10, 180 minutes… 2022 is living up to the 20–20, too, meme that keeps going around the block like a kid on their Big Wheel. Everyone should have known we were doomed to repeat the past two years when we lost…

And this is why I mainline coffee every morning. — Every Tuesday, without fail, I load up my vitamin boxes with all the goodies that keep me functioning as a person. Nearly every week, I discover supplements or prescriptions that I’m out of and that I have to purchase every week. It wasn’t a surprise that I ran out of a…

With my ability to care about things. I woke up one morning, and things were clearly different. The absurdities I face on a daily basis didn’t elicit so much as a chuckle. Something was wrong. I searched for answers in my environment. The dishes waited impatiently for someone to notice…

Let’s just dive into 2022. — 2021 was the equivalent of “here, hold my beer” to 2020's shell-shock. The entire planet has aged twenty years in two and utterly challenged physics and time travel in one go. I suspect 2022 will one-up 2021 to the tune of, “I’m going to distract myself into oblivion and worry…