HeyJaredCreation in Crisis
A writer and mother trying to keep creating while twirling through chaos
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Pissing about (opens the original)
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This is a post that was previously behind a paywall. Because I haven’t figured out how to remove paywalls, I’m resharing it. I’m on a mission to be shame FREE, and this was a post I paywalled because of shame. Silly me, we all wee. * Who peed on the sofa? Is not an unusual question in our house. The landlords of 4 nature-shy felines, I'm no stranger to scrubbing cushions, floors my bed to remove their stink.I didn't expect the answer to that question to ever be me.<a class="button primary" href=
Deinfluencing you about the MONEY (opens the original)
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I’ve been feeling like a failure. Who hasn’t, at some stage in their lives? Who hasn’t, at some stage of most weeks? …no? Just me? Crap. I took some big professional gambles this year, and some days, especially days when I haven’t slept enough, I begin thinking:Thanks for reading Creating in Crisis ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input class="email-input"
Knowing the problem is not the same as fixing the problem (opens the original)
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content warning: mental illness, infanticide, medical malpractice, maternal mental illness. Just, all the content warnings. Don’t read if delicate. The other week, for the first time in months, if not years, I felt the familiar fog of my mind losing control. Nothing extreme, no detachment from reality, but incapable of holding tears back, overflowing with fury and impatience, a desperate need to lie down until something, anything, changed.*Maternal mental health awareness is in the media more th
Shame-free mammy (opens the original)
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I’ve always been hungry. Full of want. Food, drink, sex, travel, experiences. I wanted it all.But, I knew I wasn’t supposed to. Since childhood I’ve had a vague sense of guilt when I do things I enjoy.<img alt="" clas
What's in a book? (opens the original)
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I’ve been experimenting with form, Instagram, and quietly having a creative crisis. It’s been a while since I wrote a book. A year since I was actively obsessively working on one. My work-in-progress, Failure to Thrive, sort of snuck up on me. I thought it was a poem, then an essay, then an exhibition. All I knew was that it was something. But I was struggling to find the time (and money!) to develop it. Thanks for reading Creation in Crisis ! Subscribe for free t
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