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Orangina

@orangina

I write personal essays about life, mindfulness, travel, books, gardens, serendipity...

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Orangina
@orangina Feb 19, 2019, 3:00 AM UTC

Anxiety is a full time job...

Anxiety - the city that never sleeps! The job that never gives you a break - just more and more unpaid overtime... I've learned a lot of coping skills in the last few years - when I finally understoo…

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@orangina Feb 16, 2019, 8:24 PM UTC

Ever noticed this about anxiety?

Whether you're going to an actual party or just going about your business, anxiety is there. For a socially anxious frayed knot like me, real parties or gatherings can be the worst. Most introverts d…

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@orangina Feb 14, 2019, 7:33 PM UTC

Keep on writing...

Been working on a bunch of writing projects lately. Before I finish one, I have ideas for the next three, so the numbers are not adding up. I'm writing during nap time and after bed time. Expecting t…

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@orangina Feb 14, 2019, 3:40 AM UTC

Proud misanthrope :-)

I'm sort of kidding about this, but I really do prefer being at my house and not having to interact and make small talk. I love my friends and I love getting together with them, but acquaintances mak…

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@orangina Feb 9, 2019, 6:29 PM UTC

Optimism?

Are you trying to be optimistic, but things just aren't going your way? I kind of fell in love with this sad cracked ceramic pen holder at the doctor's office because it just seemed like such an apt…

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@orangina Feb 9, 2019, 1:48 AM UTC

I think I'm a possum trapped in a human suit

I love possums - not only because they eat shitloads of ticks and therefore help us avoid Lyme disease, but also because I identify with them. They are by nature introverted, anxious, and skittish. T…

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Orangina
@orangina Sep 20, 2018, 2:00 AM UTC

On being a dilettante & choosing a path

I'm moving on from teaching and I want to create my own gig. But what? I'm 40 years old, I have a 5-year-old and a 12-week-old, and we're remodeling our kitchen - and yet, I'm trying to figure out my…

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Orangina
@orangina Sep 17, 2018, 1:55 AM UTC

I'm back, but definitely not better than ever!

It's been three months since my last post. I had a baby! We started a kitchen renovation. Our baby is a gorgeous, sweet, great sleeper of a little girl we call Azélie Florine and everyone who meets h…

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@orangina Jun 26, 2018, 2:46 AM UTC

Still Waiting on Baby: Crafting When Overdue & Over It

I'm almost 6 days overdue. I've done all the things. No trick or tip has gone untested - except the pineapple thing, but whatever. With nothing else to occupy my mind in this very common, but nonethe…

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@orangina Jun 15, 2018, 10:53 PM UTC

I've Been on a Crocheting Binge

When I decide to do something, I do not do it half way...It's more like one and a half! My son has the same obsessive tendencies...alas! But at least I usually direct my passions toward constructive…

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