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Just Checking In

How are you doing? Long time no speak, eh? Where the f*** have you been?! So if you are on my mailing list, you would have received an email back at the start of December outlining my plans to finish out the year, blog-wise. As you may be able to tell, that royally flopped. No […]

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Glass of AJ is 2 Years Old!

My little website is getting older! Anniversary video time! In this video, I talk about where I’m at in terms of my self-improvement journey. I mention promises I’ve actually kept and embark on a further exploration of why giving things a go is good choice most of the time. Spontaneity breeds opportunity, it seems! Let’s […]

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I’m Addicted to Buying Game Keys, But I’m Only Playing Myself

I think I have a problem. No, really. It’s quarter-past midnight on a Monday and I just activated some keys on Steam. No biggie – this is quite a normal time for furloughed gamers to be knocking about. The issue is that I bought games that I know I shouldn’t have, but felt compelled to […]

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The Art of Karen-ing: A Self Care Endeavour

Sometimes it’s nice to Karen it up. I’m a big fan of character study and understanding how someone would do something if they possessed particular traits. I’m sure the way I would do something would be much different than how an older person would do it. An example is figuring out how to make an […]

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Don’t Overwork the Dough: Struggling with Perfectionism

I have a problem – I always work on something until I hate it. …OK, I might have some explaining to do. Initial Context As and when opportunities arise, I work on projects and create pieces of work. These projects mostly fit into two categories – mandatory and voluntary. For example, projects that involve posting […]

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Voices from the Inbetween

I wrote a short story based on something that happened to me this week. Sleep is a funny thing. Going to bed requires a special table to lie on and special clothes to wear. You close your eyes and eventually fall into a form of stasis… at least that’s how it’s supposed to work. Sometimes […]

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2020 – What a Year!

And it all started so well… I’m sure you’ve heard lots of takes on how 2020 is the worst year… like, ever – but I want to go through a few positives of the year from the perspective of this irrelevant site. What Did You Actually Do This Year? I actually posted a fair few […]

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Ultimatum

I was given a choice today, to take something already taken. Some would take it in a heartbeat, I chose to think of it as an ultimatum. Choose life or choose fear. Choose comfort or choose a career. Choose to go or choose to stay. Choose to make them pay. Choose to be a burden. […]

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We Live in a Society!

It’s been a hot minute since I last uploaded anything and I’ve felt like absolute crap the whole time. I really wanted to upload something but I kept getting my own way. Always thinking about how it could be received. How it wasn’t perfect. How it wasn’t really representative of me. Some people have a […]

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I’m a Digital Hoarder

I’ve realised that I hold onto too many things in my life, even though I know I do not need them. This is a clear definition of hoarding if you didn’t already know. I have a problem, both physically and digitally. How so? Let me give you a couple of examples: Physical Hoarding I have […]