No one ever thinks that they're discriminating, or at least no one wants to think that they're prejudiced in some way. This is because there are two basic types of prejudice: ... Read the Post...
Using the Erin Condren Life Planner
I'm a big planner and a huge lover of to-do lists, so the Erin Condren life planner (affiliate link) is perfect for me. If you're on Instagram, you've probably seen shots of ... Read the Post...
Getting Back to Writing After Taking a Break
As you know if you follow me on Twitter and/or Instagram, this winter break I've gotten back to working on TLM, my second novel. Because I'm in grad school, I don't really ... Read the Post...
How To Succeed in College: Getting Set for a Great Semester
Now that we're in the middle of January, college students (and grad students!) everywhere are either back at school or are heading back soon. For example, classes start next ... Read the Post...
Preparing for Chronic Pain Medical Appointments + Printables To Help
Regardless of what causes your chronic pain, the thing that we all have in common is a large number of medical appointments. But with everything going on in our lives and our ... Read the Post...
Winter Beauty Staples
Now that we're in January, the winter weather has fully kicked in. It's cold and dry, and since it's New England, there are still a solid three months (at least) left of it. ... Read the Post...
Pain and Cold Weather: Dealing with Chronic Pain this Winter
For those of us in the northern hemisphere, we are officially in winter by all definitions. If you're like me, this is great; I love winter oh so much because I'm a weirdo who ... Read the Post...
December Blog Traffic Report
Happy 2017! Before we can completely turn to the new year over on my part of the Internet, it's time to look at my blog traffic from December. As I mentioned in November's ... Read the Post...
2016 Wins and Successes
I thought about doing a 2016 recap, and I originally decided not to because 2016 was, well, pretty awful for me. But then I decided that, because it was such a rotten year, ... Read the Post...
7 Things I Did To Get More Blog Traffic in 2016
As we look to the new year, you might be looking for what you can do to grow your blog. If you've been following all year and have read my blog traffic reports, then you'll ... Read the Post...
Best Posts of 2016
Like last year, I want to start the end-of-year posts with reflecting on the best posts of the year. Here are the 10 posts that I liked the most and the 10 that you liked the ... Read the Post...
Memories of Christmases Past
I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that I can't believe that Christmas is just a couple of days away. With finals and waiting for my infusion to kick in, it took a bit for it ... Read the Post...
How Chronic Pain Patients Use Opioids
In the conversation around opioid use and the abuse crisis, the voice of chronic pain patients is often forgotten because many people consider us a large factor of the ... Read the Post...
Gift Guide: Bookworm
Another week, another gift guide. I planned on posting one last Friday, but between finals and my infusion on Wednesday, it didn't happen. However, I did have a nice time over ... Read the Post...
How I Increased Traffic by 41% in November: November Blog Traffic Report
I'm back! I had my infusion last week and, per usual, it took a solid 5 days to recover. FYI, though, I have finals for the next 2-ish weeks, so it might take me a while to be ... Read the Post...