As you probably know, I have rheumatoid arthritis. When I was diagnosed, I had 58 affected joints, and I've never gone below 52. What you may not know is that rheumatoid ... Read the Post...
What To Ask in a Reader Survey
A key part of writing for an audience is understanding what that audience wants to read about. I blog for me and I write about what I want to write about, but it doesn't ... Read the Post...
Don’t Overuse Exclamation Points
It's time talk about one of my biggest grammatical pet peeves - when people overuse exclamation points. As a writer and a reader - of both books and online sources like blogs ... Read the Post...
My Everyday Makeup Routine
If you follow my Snapchat at all (katebmitchell if you haven't already followed!), you know due to my copious selfies describing my makeup that I like makeup an awful ... Read the Post...
June Blog Traffic Report
The good news is that I finally finished my first year of grad school! The bad news is that I won't really be caught up on blogging things until next week due to working, ... Read the Post...
10 Tips To Manage Your Chronic Pain This Summer
We are fully into summer, the time of vacations, sun, and warmth. But regardless of your summer plans - including long weekends and weeks off - your chronic pain won't take a ... Read the Post...
2016 Reader Survey + Giveaway
Hello! If you don't follow me on social media, you may have missed why I disappeared. As I've mentioned before, the last arthritis treatment I tried did not work, ... Read the Post...
Birthday Beauty Buys and Reviews
As you may or may not know if you follow me on Twitter, after my birthday, I went on a Sephora shopping spree. This means that you get a haul post! So here's what I got and ... Read the Post...
My Favorite Authors And How They’ve Inspired My Writing
A key part of every writer's life is reading. It's how we got into writing and it's how we become better writers. So today I'm talking about my favorite writers, why I love ... Read the Post...
11 Ways To Feel Better on a Bad Day
Life isn't all sunshines and rainbows. Whether you have health issues or just a string of bad days, sometimes you just need to feel better in some way right this very moment. ... Read the Post...
Life Update
Given that I try to write content that helps people in some way, I haven't really written a life update in a while. And since a picture says a thousand words, I'm providing ... Read the Post...
What To Do if a Doctor Doesn’t Believe You
There is so much that goes into living with a chronic health issues, and a lot of it you don't realize unless you live with it. Easily the worst part is when you're trying to ... Read the Post...
May Blog Traffic Report
May was ... interesting. Let's just say that. It involved recovering from ER trips, the end of the semester, my sister's graduation and the ensuing family events, and, of ... Read the Post...
May Favorites + J.Crew Giveaway
I know, I know - a few weeks ago, the blog was on a holiday schedule, but this week (when there's an actual holiday), it's not. Don't question that strange schedule that is my ... Read the Post...
Lessons My Arthritis Taught Me
Having arthritis hasn't been an overwhelmingly positive experience, as you can probably imagine. Aside from the constant pain I've lived with since fall 2001, arthritis has ... Read the Post...