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creative_writerSenior Contributor
Sometimes I feel like I’m on top of things and don’t feel like my trauma defines me and I don’t feel so ashamed and scared. Other times I want to hide from the world and feel like a **** (I’m not going to say the word here since I don’t want to trigger anyone) 😭, I feel so ashamed that I don’t want people to know
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JynxModerator
@creative_writer that's good you're working on it. Are your appts usually so far apart? It really does make it hard to fit everything in, hey!
Sure is, I have definitely learned to trust my gut more over the years that's for sure!
I'm off for tonight hun, lovely chatting as always! Catch you soon 💜🫂
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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JynxModerator
@creative_writer Hope you got your assignment in hun! Hope your day unfolded okay 🤞💜
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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JynxModerator
I am ALWAYS down for rambling nonsense @creative_writer - you may have noticed I'm rather guilty of it my own self 😉
Sounds like you surmounted the assignment challenge! Good stuff, hope it's a relief to have it out of the way, and thus tonight will indeed be very restful for you 😊
My day has been alright, just been reading a bit in the sun earlier and got a smidge of cleaning done. Might need a mad dash to the shops after work tho as I'm out of leftovers. I'll see how my energy fares later on.
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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JynxModerator
As well we should @creative_writer! It's the ND way 😋 As is double-triple-checking you uploaded your assignment ahaha, I do that all the time. Probably because I have enough moments where I imagine myself completing the task, so my brain ticks it off as done! Then it comes back to bite me... so for the important stuff, I'll do extra little checks to make sure. Even the little stuff, like how many times I feel my keys in my pocket before I leave the house... 😅 Better than being locked out though!
Oh lawd, yeah COVID was wild hey! I don't mind so much though, I am a night owl so I figure that if someone on a 9-5 schedule going to the shops at 6pm is pretty normal, so too is me going at 11pm haha.
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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JynxModerator
Ahhh the obsession with minutiae @creative_writer I know it well! Wish I could fuel it into craft or something 🤣
Yeah my sleep can be all over the place, I get the odd night of insomnia - you might be surprised at how often I have done a full shift here on zero sleep! I guess I'm used to it lol. But I've always been a night owl - I even read that it's a legit thing for ND peeps, to have a delayed sleep schedule from 2am-11am instead of like 10pm-8am or whatever. Vindicated!! Plus I always think of like, when we were evolving it was really helpful to have a few people in each tribe who could stay awake for the night watch! Whoever decided the whole world needs to operate on a 9-5 schedule really did us a disservice haha.
Anywhoodle, I'm off for now, thanks for the sublime chats and I shall catch you again next time 😊💜
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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