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This Week Is OCD Awareness Week

October 17, 2024October 17, 2024aprobertsLeave a Comment

Anyone who has spent time with me can tell I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It permeates every part of my life. While I am medicated for it and try my best to hide it, my OCD never fully goes away. I am aware that there is no cure for OCD and I will be fighting […]

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The New Job Jitters

October 3, 2024October 3, 2024aprobertsLeave a Comment

Just under a month after my work imploded, I was hired at a used bookstore. TLDR I love it. I love being around books and around people who love to read. Downside is that I read a lot of indie fiction and eBooks so I’m not as familiar with those in print. I feel especially […]

My Work Kind Of Imploded

September 11, 2024September 11, 2024aprobertsLeave a Comment

Have you ever watched someone make a big mistake even after being warned that it was going to all go wrong? A trainwreck or car crash that you know is about to happen. You know that it’s going to be catastrophic but you just cannot look away. That has been going on at my work […]

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Dusting Off The Cobwebs

September 6, 2024October 2, 2024aprobertsLeave a Comment

I gave up on sharing my writing awhile ago. I took my inner thoughts and shared them only to my journal. But even then I wouldn’t always write all that I was thinking. I allowed myself to hide from the outside world. I stopped posting on social media and I stopped talking to a lot […]