Last night, as I was lying in bed scrolling on YouTube in silence, I asked myself, “What the hell am I doing? What am I looking for and why am I looking here?” When I was a child (before we ever installed dial-up), the only noise that put me to sleep was the singing of... Continue Reading →
Photo by Vladimir Shipitsin on Pexels.com I had a strange dream the other night. I had awoken about 1:00am and by the time I was settled back in bed after a trip to the bathroom (a usual, nightly occurrence)…I wasn’t actually settled. After dealing with an upset stomach for about an hour, I fell into... Continue Reading →
It’s well hidden, her dark cabin on the mountain. A house shrouded by old-growth forest. A refuge that is meek but sturdy. It is her sanctuary from the world of men, the ones who have for many years congregated at the foot of her mountain. A mountain that knows her all too well. It has... Continue Reading →
This title doesn't necessarily answer the prompt nor does it really encompass how I feel about certain organized religions. I could on and on about each one I've been. But my early days in religion were with my youth group in high school. I was fifteen years old and me and the majority of my... Continue Reading →
If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s negative self-talk. It started this morning when I was thinking of all the debt I have. It came up because I got an alert of a charge to my card, but the charge was a disgusting amount of interest that made my monthly payment redundant. Apparently, some... Continue Reading →
Starting over is hard at any point in your life, but especially at 40. I had some regrets about my choices at university. Insert English degree joke here. I pursued an English degree so that I could teach Victorian literature. I even moved from my small town to North Texas to enroll in grad school... Continue Reading →
I was texting with a friend last night and he told me that he was back on dating apps. He got out of a relationship a few months ago and decided to take a long break. I guess the break was a little too long for him. He seems to be the type that needs... Continue Reading →
I aspire to do everything with good intentions but end up with my good intentions on the shit end of the stick. I try to better myself so much that I fall for self-help scams and online gurus. Because of this I’m even deeper in debt and those money manifestation exercises aren’t paying off because... Continue Reading →
Well, I reached the point all those self-development videos on YouTube told me about: burnout...from self-development. I'm not sure if it's the stress that's the outlier of my deep dives into self-help and identity shifting, but I'm sure some of that is playing a role. It's causing me to have little interest in the subject... Continue Reading →
Just a few moments ago, I was on my patio tending to my pansies, petunias, and roses when I spied a young woman in the parking lot holding out a towel. She and an older woman were creeping up toward something between two parked cars. One of those cars was my neighbor's and they have... Continue Reading →
Mysti Gayle 