LW

I bought a succulent in November and named her Gina. I am a serial plant killer and unfortunately this case was no different. Gina shriveled up and died... mostly. A toxic trait of mine is that I always want to rescue things, so when I saw a video on youtube explaining how, with a few leaves from a succulent, you could propagate new ones, I got to work. I ripped off the last few leaves that had a bit of life left in them and set them in a little pot. I diligently took care of them as Youtube...

I tend to think of myself as structured, type A, sense of urgency, and always slightly stressed person. I'm learning to love myself, but there are many things I truly want to work on and change about myself. For years I have been practicing different coping skills that would hopefully rewire my brain and teach me a different way of being. For example- over the last 3 years I have made a habit of literally choosing the longest line at the grocery store to teach myself to be patient.  Keeping...

I don't like when people see me in the middle of a process. It feels embarassing. I prefer displaying finished products. Maybe it is a fear of someone seeing the humanness in me. Maybe it's pride. I don't know. Moving to a new apartment in a new country, I have very few material things to fill my apartment with. I have been looking forward to a house warming party of sorts but thought I needed to wait until I had the apartment fixed up exactly like my Pinterest board before inviting people...