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When I get like this

Posted on April 17, 2024 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

I’m feeling really under the water right now. I use that phrase a lot, and it’s because it’s really how I feel. I swam for years, competitivel...

Writing

This is why I keep writing

Posted on February 17, 2024 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

{{Again, apologies if you got yesterdays post up to THREE(?!) times. I do not know what the WordPress app was doing, but I didn’t have my computer to fix it.}} ...

Health & Well Being/Self-compassion/Writing

Two weeks without a mask mandate (and lamenting the lack of thoughtful dialogue)

Posted on March 24, 2022 by noemikjames / 25 Comments

On an update on the last two weeks as we’ve moved away from masks for the first time where I live. (This turned out to be a looooong one. You’ve been warn...

Writing

Not showing up when everything feels interconnected (and I don’t have time to write about everything)

Posted on March 9, 2022 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I’ve noticed that lately I’m not showing up here, partly because I decide to write about one thing, but then I realize I will comment on another thi...

Self-compassion/Writing

The post that won’t upload (and apologies for my unannounced absence)

Posted on March 4, 2022 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

I did not mean to be gone for so long, but this week kicked my ass. Hard. There just ended up being way too much to do. Some of it was my fault for actually tak...

Self-compassion/Writing

Some days I just…

Posted on February 9, 2022 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

Some days I want to come here and write and I’m not sure exactly why. What do I want to say? I have other stuff to do right now, but I opened this page in...

Life/Writing

Hard to articulate

Posted on December 27, 2021 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

Today was a… meh day. It was fine actually. I can’t complain. But I feel… I’m not sure really. It’s hard to articulate. Antsy is o...

Writing

30 for 30!

Posted on December 2, 2021 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

Well I did it! I posted every day in November – or at the very least I posted an average of every day, with a couple of posts technically going up the day...

Writing

Technical Difficulties

Posted on November 26, 2021 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I can’t seem to get a post published, from my computer or phone. I’ll try to figure it out tomorrow. Sorry!

Friendship/Identity/Writing

Thanks

Posted on June 24, 2021 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Thanks for the kind words on my last post. Your comments actually prompted me to go back and read some of my older posts (mostly about marriage) and I was remin...

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