HeyJaredChronically Burnt Out (but hopeful)
A writer learning how to work with what I've got and be happy about it - and sharing my journey along the way
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From Bad@ss to Baldi (opens the original)
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Not long after my last post I went to untie my hair. My head was aching something fierce, like I’d tied it too tight and it had been up all day.Only, my hair was not tied up.My stomach dropped.I knew what this meant.I had been warned.I googled it anyways and sure enough, this was the sign that my hair was beginning to go. I gave myself a moment, shed a couple of tears, and then got the kids and we headed into the bathroom. So, I didn’t get that mohawk we’d planned, though I did do another cut be
The Hair Thing (opens the original)
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For around a decade now I have had vibrant hair - blue, purple, green, touches of pink from time to time - and it’s made me stand out in a crowd. My family and friends can always spot me. They rely on that beacon of colour, and people who don’t know me personally but know of me also look to the hair to recognise me. It’s easy. It’s obvious (though, I do feel for the couple other folks at a romance writers conference one year who people came up to and were like, are you Cassie?’ - I guess I was t
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