Announcing a social media departure may be one of the biggest faux pas a millennial can commit but I’m a solid-born-in-1984-millennial and I don’t know how to do things without over explaining myself so here we are. It’s no secret that online apps have offered me more anxiety than education and it’s also no secret…
Continue reading ➞ Shut It Down
There’s a chapter in my book detailing my love affair with cigarettes (yes, that’s a shameless book plug but trust I have a point) and if I’m being honest, it is a battle that comes up quite often. And it comes up most often in times of stress and if there is one thing I…
Continue reading ➞ Easy Does It
There’s something about finding your people that is incredible. I spent a lot of years in this online space believing that my words held value even when my book proposal was turned down by agent after agent after agent. They all offered similar feedback: your social media following is just too small. Read: my words…
Continue reading ➞ Heart and Soulful
Guys. My book has been delivered to the publisher's inbox and the next phase of this nearly decade long journey begins. That being said, I want to tell you a secret. Last November I met with Starfish Stories Publishing. They were the first publishing company to express any interest in my book and I went into…
Continue reading ➞ One Isn’t the Loneliest Number
You know, I’ve been thinking about something and it’s probably gonna cause a ruckus but if we’ve learned anything in this life it’s that not talking about things doesn’t make them go away. In fact, it breeds ‘em bigger. So, here’s what I have been thinking: what if it is not enough? Motherhood that is.…
Continue reading ➞ Mother May I?
Once upon a time I deactivated my social media accounts and in doing so, Facebook deleted my Rebel Housewife page and that means it also deleted all the micros that I had written which is all well and good but also it was definitely an unexpected consequence of my social media sabbatical. In order to…
Continue reading ➞ Rude Intrudes
Eye masks courtesy of Rebel Beauty venture. Hello- finally! Let's just get right to the crux of the matter. I have had a big old shift in my world since the turn of this year and as a result all of my focus- and by that I mean energy and motivation- went with it. The big…
Continue reading ➞ At Dawn We Rest
Now that the kids are back to school, I'm finding myself sliding back into old patterns which turns out are crucial to maintaining my mental health. Oh how easily I abandon all routine. I don't know what it is but when my kids lounge around, I lounge around. When my kids can sleep in, I…
Alright y'all. I am getting knee deep in this self-publishing-book-writing idea and I wish I was the kind of person who could do it all. Like write for other publications, this blog, and my book but, alas that is not me. I am the type of person who does better on doing one thing at…
Continue reading ➞ Single Tasker Sabbatical
I wrote this post about a month ago but never got around to editing and finalizing it within a timely fashion of the world's latest crisis. It has sat in my drafts folder ever since. I've been contemplating waiting for the next crisis to reveal itself before posting this but then thought fuck that. For…
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