Journaling

I’ve only gone on “official” coffee dates twice. Two different guys, both way back when I was twenty. Both times, I was a nervous wreck. My first café date was stressful because I was terrified someone would see us and tell my parents. They couldn’t know, especially not my dad…

The research suggests that it can help you organize your life and work, improve your focus, and reduce stress and anxiety. Ugadi, Gudi Padva, Navaratri, and the holy month of Ramadan are times of new possibilities and prayers. Why not start this new pathbreaking habit? Take a moment at the…

The moon is new, its a new season (and an astrological new year), Saturn has freshly dipped into the watery depths of Pisces… and now we are all just waiting on Pluto. This anticipation is slow like the iconic build up in the score from the movie Jaws. Pluto is…

Log 2: — My anxiety is talking again. I’m having trouble sleeping, whereas everyone in my house is already fast asleep. I listen to the crickets outside and count, till they stop. When they stop, that’s when I know the birds are awake. You know I never really clocked that birds also need…

A quick note from a vacationing Voyyours — Ko’Olina Sunrise, image by the author If you’ve been reading my recent updates, or if you follow me on twitter, then you’re likely aware that I’m on vacation this week. …

248 — I bury my head in a little square-shaped wood resting on a support, wooden one. I let myself bathe in acrylic colours after I discover that the door has been bolted. He has done it again. The sun comes in and bathes me with warmth while I sit fidgeting on…

A Random Entry From My Long-Ago Journal — A Day in June in Some Other Year [Back when I had a journal and a therapist named Rebecca*] Rebecca’s back on her kick that I should be writing about the good stuff. I should be writing when I am good, she says, so I can look back and grab…