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“Having It All Together” – A Myth Is it possible to “have it all together”? Are your home-life and work-life (I count stay at home parents and students here!) perfectly balanced? Are your relationships with your friends…

Enjoy YOUR life, not the life of the Joneses.

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Couldn't find my keys and searched all the normal hiding places: all flat surfaces, pockets from yesterday's clothes, in the cup cupboard, fridge, pantry, etc. None of the usual places. They were on top of the car... perfect.

Social Media and Work Boundaries Social boundaries at work can be hard for people who struggle to understand relationships and contexts. Work friends are not friend friends. I won’t add my co-workers to any of my social medi…

Work-life balance does not mean comingling the two. Clear boundaries can help. #coworkers #worklifebalance #socialmedia #boundaries

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No life experience is ever created equal. When we know better, we do better. At least that should be the goal. So much bufoonery. #neurodivergent #awareness #buffonery #knowbetter #dobetter

I hate the question "How are you?" What do you mean???? Do you want to know about my adjustment to my new meds? My exhaustion from burnout and lack of appropriate sleep? Or just that I'm still alive and a general "ok", "fine", or "good" will suffice? #overthinking #neurodivergent #smalltalk

Up all night hyper fixated on potential small talk conversations only to fail at the small talk conversations because I was too tired to remember the plan. #neurodivergent #conversations #co-workers #hyperfixation #smalltalk

Why “Just Go Outside” Isn’t Helpful Advice I don’t know how many doctors, therapists, friends, and family have told me to “Just go outside, you’ll feel better.” I KNOW! I don’t want to be inside. I feel trapped…

I don't know how many doctors, therapists, friends, and family have told me to "Just go outside, you'll feel better." I KNOW!

Why "Just Go Outside" Isn't Helpful Advice functioningish.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/w...

My pantry say's I need to stop for groceries after work. But after masking all day everything else says ABSOLUTELY NOT!