Are you ever watching a movie, or reading a book, and find that you just… have to… pause? — Warning: this post discusses mental health problems and symptoms Disclaimer time: I am not any kind of medical, mental health, scientific, etc., professional — I’m a chick with a blog and some personal experience, m’k? M’k. Are you ever watching a TV show or a movie, or reading a book…

I’m ready now… — Let the fire come I’m gonna let it burn I think I’m ready now — Finally, To scorch the world Let the words brush my skin Flow over me; through me. Burn my tongue on the flames Let me feel the rhythms between my fingers Like sand — Silk and grit…

Aiming to earn a dollar a day on Medium, and getting a song stuck in my head in the process. — My current aim on Medium is to earn a dollar a day. Abena Talks says that should be your focus — $1 a day can become $10 a day, become $100 a day, etc. — The Power of Earning $1 a Day Build your online income from the ground upintriguework.medium.com …and, for now at least, I’ve decided to use that as my nebulous aim.

A quick-fire, bullet-point review of the lovely MG novel Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson — ☀️ Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson is a sweet Middle Grade novel. ☀️ Amara is a young Black girl from Oregon who has never met her father’s New York family; now, she’s finally allowed to go to Harlem with him. ☀️ It’s a simple, beautifully written, story. …

Don’t worry if you’re struggling — people aren’t always doing as well as you think — Somehow or other I’ve reached 1.1k followers here. I was lucky to join the Medium Partner Program before the 100 follower requirement, so I’ve never actually aimed to get followers here. I just followed the same method I have on Twitter: follow people I’m interested in follow back if people look vaguely interesting and write at least partly…

21st Century Breakdown — Green Day’s lesser-known rock opera masterpiece — The ‘21st Century Breakdown’ album is Green Day’s follow-up to ‘American Idiot’ It’s the less-remembered (usually) of these two incredible 00’s rock operas. What Is A Rock Opera? (Except for totally awesome, obviously)ceearr33.medium.com The story follows star-crossed lovers Christian and Gloria as they graduate high school, and are released into an America where society is crumbling — full of charlatans and cons using politics and religion for their own benefit.

Cursed Princess Club: an amazing webcomic (with its own soundtrack!) — I’m a big fan of Cursed Princess Club (which you can read for free) over on WebToons. I love it so much! It’s about Gwen, Princess of the Pastel Kingdom, who isn’t conventionally physically attractive — something which comes to her attention in a devastating way when her father makes arrangements for her marriage. By chance, she finds herself meeting the Cursed Princess Club — an affirming…

A mental health term you may have heard… — Disclaimer time: I am not any type of mental health, psychological, scientific, or medical professional. There’s a concept of cognitive distortion* (i.e. your brain warping stuff) known as catastrophizing. *PDF link (It’s also sometimes known as magnification.) With catastrophizing, your brain automatically goes to the worst case scenario, and/or sees minor issues as massive ones (‘mountains out of molehills’)