Category: Life
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The Waiting Game
It’s 2022, and I’m still stuck in limbo. What was supposed to be 6 months has turned into almost two years. It’s been one setback after the next with regards to my emigration. And things are moving so slowly… Damn the Coronavirus. At this rate, it feels like it’s not going to happen. But I’m…
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Contemplating Life & Death
I didn’t think I’d be writing here anymore. It sort of felt like I was done with this blog. Apparently not. A couple of weeks ago one of my uncles passed away from a stroke. While I’ve been heavily affected by the loss on multiple levels, I’ve also found myself contemplating a lot, and been…
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Safe and “Additional” Diagnosis
Just a relatively quick update, as I don’t have the mental energy right now for an in-depth post explaining everything. There’s way too much. I’ve been back in the psychiatric clinic for the past two weeks. Didn’t want to come in initially, but my therapist thought it was necessary, and I ultimately agreed. I’m going…
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Vaccine and Life
On Thursday I went for my first dose of the Pfizer covid vaccine. It went better than I was expecting. I have no issues with needles, but I do get anxious and paranoid about side effects (same as whenever I take a new medication). My arm was a bit painful that evening, but not enough…
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Comfortably Numb
After a couple of weeks of intense emotions, I’m drained. As if we don’t have enough going on with Covid, South Africa has also been experiencing unrest due to political crap. All the personal stuff I’m dealing with has also been overwhelming. But numbness set in when I woke up yesterday. I can usually reach…
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Getting Back Into It
The hardest part of writing is knowing where or how to start. This has been one of my biggest challenges. Not only in writing new blog posts, but business emails, text messages, and social media updates as well. It’s not that I don’t know what I need to say, or what I want to write…
Journey Toward Healing 