Journal: Hard Choices

I'm sorry I've been gone so long. I've had to make some hard choices the last few months. Please know I got your emails, I heard what you had to say, and I'm sorry I haven't responded yet. With my current financial situation I've had to rearrange my priorities. Writing here is good for me. It matters to me. You matter to me. But, I've had to move Fibropreneur from the top of my to-do list to the bottom. This reprioritization is temporary, but I don't know how long it will last.

Journal: #YesAllWomen Follow-up

Back when I was in college the first time, I remember the stats given out about violence against women basically amounting to "it's likely happened to a friend of yours or a friend of a friend." If the response from yesterday's journal is at all representative of the average, those numbers were way, way off in college.

Journal: Guilt. Fear. Stress. Shame. Loneliness.

Guilt. Fear. Stress. Shame. Loneliness. This is what I'm feeling. I feel guilty that I haven't written here in over a week. I feel fear when I think about writing here again after missing so many days. I feel stressed when I can't follow through with my commitments. I feel shame when I don't shower regularly. I feel lonely being at home all the time...