It’s almost mid-December(!), and I’ve decided to take stock of where I am writing-wise. My goal for this month was to publish a blog post a day, and so far, I’ve made that goal. The posts are not as polished as I’d like them to be, but I didn’t want to get caught in the… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Mental Health
Taiji and Me, Part Two: Finding My Way
I have many thoughts on taiji, obviously. In my previous post, I detailed what led me to start practicing taiji and some of the benefits I’ve received from it, as well as some of my struggles with it. The Sword Form is a delicate form, despite being deadly. It’s more about getting someone’s attention with… Continue Reading
Taiji and Me: My Not-So-Meditative Journey Within
Taiji is an integral part of my life, but I rarely talk about it. I’ve thought about why that is, but I can’t come up with a definite answer. I’ve decided to blog about it instead because I find that I can order my thoughts better when I write them down. Or type them out… Continue Reading
One-Hundred Percent, Unequivocally, Proudly Pro-Choice
On Black Friday, I watched on Twitter as a shooting at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs unfolded real-time, and while I had to leave to go to my taiji class, I knew several things immediately. I knew that the shooter was overwhelmingly likely a man, most likely a white man, that he had mental… Continue Reading
Assessing the Depression Assessment
Ed. Note: I have a tendency to edit a post endlessly as a way to prevent myself from actually publishing said post. I’m making the conscious decision to publish posts even if I don’t think they are good enough to publish just so I can have something up every day. Therefore, some of these daily posts… Continue Reading