It's National Sleep Awareness Month and this week -- March 14-20th -- is Sleep Awareness Week. This may, or may not, come as a shock to you, but everyone needs sleep. I know, crazy, right? Sleep is one of the most important sources of recovery for our minds and bodies. I'm neither a scientist nor… Continue reading National Sleep Awareness Week
Tag: mental health
It’s March…Again!
Happy Thursday, everyone! Can you believe it's back again? I can't. Actually, I feel like we never really left March, rather, it's become the longest month on record. Everyday of this pandemic has been March 12th, the day that my office (and many others in Manhattan) closed down before the state could shut down. But,… Continue reading It’s March…Again!
Finding the Christmas Spirit
Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! No, I haven't turned in for the night quite yet. I'm busy downloading e-books from work and updating Goodreads. How's everyone doing? I feel like December has been a giant roller coaster of emotions for me and I am struggling to be happy -- to be positive. I'm struggling to like… Continue reading Finding the Christmas Spirit
Living in a state of quarantine
Quarantine has been hard. I haven't seen any friends -- in person or via Zoom/Houseparty/Skype/Facetime or whatever else the cool kids are using to communicate today. My job became completely remote, in March, when NYC shut down so I have been working, and until two months ago, I was in graduate school. Busy, busy, busy.… Continue reading Living in a state of quarantine
Who can relate?
This past week has been especially tricky. It started off with the job interview of a lifetime and devolved into panic attacks and a major depressive episode. Some of you may or may not know from past posts that I suffer from depression and social anxiety. Well, this week, I started to research some of… Continue reading Who can relate?