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it's a list titled "cultivating coping mechanisms." it is numbered "2015-04-206" in the upper corner and subtitled "consciously developing coping skills/associations" each item is labeled and has a small drawing that represents it. here are the listed items: elucidation, self-acceptance, hugs, affection, hot chocolate, ice cream, fruits, perspectives: other people or mental models, review, planning, experiments, cooking, other easy value-creating activities, walks, exercise, sunshine, cuddling pets

Why I Write So Much & Why I Don’t Show Anyone Most of What I Write

April 29, 2020

an hour glass filled with red sand

Writing Meta Post: Working on a Time Delay During a Pandemic

March 31, 2020

two heads in silhouette, facing one another. One silhouette is speaking, indicated by sound waves coming from its mouth. The other silhouette is listening, indicated by an overly large ear imposed over it.

Writing Is As Much About Listening As It Is About Saying Things

March 27, 2020

a steampunk Trojan horse

The Reasons Nobody Gets to Be a Dating “Expert”

March 10, 2020

a tuft of smoke

Vagueposting Has Really Become an Inescapable Cultural Expectation

February 27, 2020

a line of 4 yellow balls on strings that have smiley faces on them. A red ball with a frown face on it is off the right, raised in the air as though it is about the swing by and hit the yellow balls

Negativity Is the Absolute Worst, Deadliest Creativity Killer

February 17, 2020

a closeup of a pair of glasses

For Better or Worse, You Don’t Get to Control How Other People See You

January 10, 2020

a haphazardly piled stack of 7 pencils in various colors

The World Needs More Atypical Writers

October 17, 2019

a map of various cartoon busts of people connected with a series of dotted lines, like a social network in pictographic form

The Very Presence of a Community and Other Voices Can Be Reassuring, Regardless of What They’re Even Saying

October 15, 2019

a stack of books and an e-reading device

The Kind of Self-Help That Sneaks Up On You

October 7, 2019

a ranch in North Texas. Wide blue open sky with few clouds. A windmill. Prairie grass. A fence.

When You’ve Changed, You Have to Decide Whether to Accept It or Try to Force Yourself Back

September 23, 2019

it's a drawing of a brain. The left half is black and white and has mathematical equations under it. The right half is splashed with multicolored paint.

How Mindfulness Changed My Writing Life

September 5, 2019