What Not to Do

What Not to Do: Wash Your Jeans?

This morning on CBS’s The Early Show there was a segment from Susan Koeppen, about ways to save money by prolonging the use of things you buy. The tips made sense: don’t put fruits & veggies together in the fridge due to gasses released by fruits, keep eggs in their carton in the coldest part of the fridge (not the door), keeping your tires inflated to save on wear & tear and storing markers with tips down so the ink doesn’t dry out. All of these hints are great for the frugal (or cheapskate) consumer. There is nothing more annoying...

What NOT to Do: Let Fear Rule

There is a John Wayne quote that resonates with me. “Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway” For the past year or so, I’ve been scared. Scared to encounter failure. Scared for someone I love. Scared to live. Since I was very young I have wanted two things in my life. I wanted to be a mother and I wanted the perfect family. As a child of divorced parents, I vowed to myself that it wouldn’t happen to me. I would marry someone I loved, live in a house with stairs (after living in apartments for years, stairs...

You are Wrong: Another Example of What Not to Do

People try to tell me that I’m strong. They are so wrong. People say to hang in there, they just know things are going to get better. They haven’t. People say that I’m brave by writing a totally honest blog. They couldn’t be further from the truth. The real truth, my actual hidden-behind-the-confines-of-the-Internet truth is that I am not brave at all. I don’t believe things are going to get better. And I can’t believe how badly I’ve messed up. I have made a complete and total clusterfuck of my life and thinking about how I’m going to get out...