It’s been a minute since I’ve written anything here, but looking back on the past year feels like the perfect way to start again. 2025 was the year I finally slowed down enough to look closely at where my time was actually going. I started tracking my days—not out of
For as long as I can remember—since I was 16 or even earlier—chronic suicidal thoughts have been an unrelenting presence in my life. They’re not fleeting or circumstantial but deeply embedded in my mind, shaping how I experience the world and how I interact with others. Despite the love, support,
Embracing Limitations: Finding Strength and Purpose in Hard Times For four years, I was honored to receive the MVP award for my work in the tech community. This award recognized my dedication and expertise, but this past year was very hard for me because of my health. Through these challenges,
Twenty years ago, I stood in a courtroom and took an oath for a volunteer job I had no idea I would fall so much in love with or do for 20 years. I was sworn in as North Carolina Guardian ad Litem and was handed my first case with
Back in December 2019, I started presenting my session on mental health with lots of fear as to how the community was going to take my openness to the subject. I was pleasantly surprised that in the three-plus years so far I’ve only had one person say bad things to
Trigger warning: suicidal ideation, depression, bipolar, mania If you would prefer to stick to all the positives skip to the numbered list at the bottom. I started the year as I did well the last 10 years oh so with my life plan up to date and goals all set.
Purpose This blog and bullet journal was specially created to help me with my tendency to have suicidal ideation, depressive, and manic episodes related to my bipolar. If you are currently in a crisis, please seek help from a mental health professional or find a hotline to call on this
Kevin Kline (b | t) is hosting T-SQL Tuesday this month and it is to “Tell us the story of how attending an IT conference or event resulted in an amazing career or life opportunity.” I have previously blogged on the topic of mentoring the community and how much I’ve gotten out
It’s that time of the month again, the blog party, woohoo! This time Kenneth Fisher (b | t) has invited us to blog about our first tech job. Oh boy, oh boy, has anybody heard any of my horrible job stories. Well, they started early and with my very first
Let’s make 2021 a year where we protect our mental health. Looking back at 2020 no one could predict a global pandemic and the chaos that it would cause worldwide with the economy and people’s lives. The overload of what happened in 2020 caused a lot more mental health challenges