Where do I begin? For months, I haven’t been able to write. I’ve started a dozen posts, I’ve made quick journal entires, I’ve jotted things down on sticky notes, but that’s it. Sitting down and composing a coherent post, full of ideas relevant to dysautonomia, relevant to my life, relevant to anything—has been impossible. Life… Continue reading Do the damn thing
Explaining dysautonomia: what works for me
The holiday season is all about spending time with the ones you love. And also about spending times with people you don’t know so well but you’re at the same holiday party so you might as well make small talk. Small talk that turns into “so what do you do for school/work?” that awkwardly turns into,… Continue reading Explaining dysautonomia: what works for me
2015 Dysautonomia inspired gift guide
Happy holidays and happier holiday shopping, my dear followers! If you’re like me, the whole holiday season gets mixed up because it feels like it starts in October. That means you don’t know when to start buying presents and it gets put off over and over again. If you need to be told like I… Continue reading 2015 Dysautonomia inspired gift guide
#GivingTuesday
LET’S DO THIS. Dysautonomia International knows how to party. They know that #GivingTuesday is the best, and want to make it last every day of December. I used to think of charity in the abstract. I participated in service projects, I bought wristbands, I practiced my vocab to donate grains of rice. I gave $5… Continue reading #GivingTuesday
Speak up
First things first: I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I got to see some of my best friends from high school when they came home for break and we TORE IT UP. (By that, I mean we went out for sandwiches and watched television together. Exactly like we did in high school.) As… Continue reading Speak up