HeyJaredA Series of Contradictions
This is a space where I blog beyond mental health, about current affairs, life, and everything else. The mental health blog Thoughts Too big will always be free.
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The Bones of Ten Years (opens the original)
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(For context, I have a website called Thoughts Too Big, which I started in 2015. It was/is a place where I wrote weekly about mental health and my own challenges in order to try and normalise the conversation around mental health. I still write here often, just not with the same consistency as I have in the past).You may have noticed, as I have, that I’m not here as often. Posts aren’t as regular. There was a time, the bones of ten years really, when I posted every Sunday, without fail, come hai
Festivals as a Reset (opens the original)
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I always come back from festivals feeling reset. Festivals, for some reason, are like a page break. Even if I’m only at one for a short period of time. I don’t know if it’s spiritual. Maybe it’s simply that festivals, and all they encompass, are so far removed from my normal schedule that it rebalances things. Everything feels new, clearer. Whatever it is, it helps, especially in times of difficulty.I performed on the main stage at Electric Picnic last weekend. That feels significant. It was the
Strange/Ironic/Human (opens the original)
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Change is humbling.Change can so often feel like going backwards. Your life was one way for so long, and now it is so different. And it feels familiar, which is why it feels like the opposite of progress. But maybe it is isn’t. Because while the circumstances may feel like a life you lead before, the reality is, you are different now. You are different, and so this life that feels familiar is different inherently. And you can think like this and try to feel better about things. But there’s also
I love it (opens the original)
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Full disclosure. I opened my laptop and searched for something I could repurpose for today’s post. I didn’t feel there was anything to write about. But I still felt that I should post something. And that’s pressure, that’s obligation. That’s doing something for an external reason. Which isn’t good.I’m feeling overwhelmed today. A true statement. It feels like the next few weeks are faster than I am. Stronger, able to destroy me. It may not be real, but it’s what it feels like today. So I’m tryin
Firmly, Yes (opens the original)
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You sit at a computer most days, avoiding work. It’s not so different from how it was before. There isn’t that much to do on any given day. You’re still conditioned to sit and procrastinate though. Still feel bad for every second spent away from the desk. So you sit here in a nine-to-five obligation no one is keeping track of. Because you don’t actually have a job. Because your work doesn’t feel like work. And you feel bad because of this.Comments filter in around the clock. Lovely people saying
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