"If there’s one thing I’m grateful to have found during my transition, it’s my sense of self-worth. I now know what it’s like to feel good about myself — and more importantly, I now feel like I deserve to feel that way."
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Since we're all loving on #podcasts today - here's a piece I wrote for @Woolly last year about how podcasts can encourage #empathy. I believe this even more now, and would add to my list @seesomething@ArmchairExpPod Unspoken & @TheSporkful https://t.co/FgNqF7FAK9
"The entire class, except for me, could get a senior discount at the movies. And they meant business — but in a slow, don’t-you-dare-rush-me kind of way." https://t.co/S2ATf3beSU
"In a perfect world, I’d be able to find an app or podcast or whatever that is just an endless loop of the sound of butter being scraped across toast." https://t.co/PcVB3WZTTu
The news is chaotic and grim so I'm re-sharing this essay I wrote this time last year about cribbage, Montana, submarines, and the wonderful @emilynbrodsky for @woolly, the mattress-supported website about feelings. https://t.co/Kw796AlNKD
"One of the shows I’ve become obsessed with is the reality cooking competition The Great British Bake Off. It’s like watching hobbits make sweet biscuits." https://t.co/c7gPC5ASxs
"There are people who sell or donate books they’ve read but I am not one of those people. I hold onto books like they’re sacred totems. If I had a personal style it would be “absent-minded wizard.” https://t.co/IMNTvSzlAA
My ❤️ of NBA & NFL long ago eclipsed #baseball, but this homage makes those long lulls seems like selling points - all while penning a love letter to family, grandparents and warm pie. Beautifully written @ringer couldn’t do better @MLB#MLB https://t.co/RDEyHHhyOv
"My bedroom is a vast starless void. Infinite darkness. There is no difference when my eyes are open or closed; I am at the very bottom of the ocean where light does not penetrate."https://t.co/Ksom3m263O
“The #bulletjournal is whatever the heck you want it to be. I wanted (mine) to be manageable & ugly-not “Frankenstein’s Monster” ugly, but “hairless cat that some people find attractive” ugly.” @WoollyMag
My “BuJo” is also not pretty-but it’s mine. https://t.co/8uLOrT3IJi
"Then there is the story of the Sandman, as told to me by my mother, who was always overworked and tired and in need of some peace and quiet."
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"A therapist once asked me if I had a mindfulness practice—we had been talking about meditation and prayer. I joked that I read tarot cards because they didn’t require health insurance.” https://t.co/abZkqI10Qj