HeyJaredDirectionally Overstimulated
A personal substack where I share my experience as a chronically ill woman who spends her days helping others find their way in a world that isn't always designed to give a damn. Directionally overstimulated but chronically caring.
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Hot Girl Summer, but Make It Boundaries (opens the original)
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The only B.S I am willing to accept in this chapter is bikinis and sunshine.As we creep towards the end of the year, I am finding my filter has worn rather thin. My willingness to roll over and accept things has become limited to the point of comical. My face announces its response before my brain even finishes processing the level of stupid I have just heard.I have openly called out and reported things that exhaust and wear me down in a professional sense in recent weeks. I am finding I have SI
Who Did You Let In? (opens the original)
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I am one of those women.One who was raised on the idea that the size of your sacrifice is proof of how deeply you love.So many generations before me have burned themselves down trying to prove it…I like to think that ends with us.As a former “mature for her age” kiddo, I am automatically irritated by someone’s incompetence, especially when they are paid more than me.Being incompetent has never and will never be an option for me, so why on earth am I here to solve your problems too?If you are cho
I Bought a Bookshelf. Apparently, I Live Here Now. (opens the original)
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Well, I did a thing… I bought a bookshelf. I am sure that a few of you just read that and thought… so…?? Well, here’s the thing. When I moved back to New Zealand in August 2017, I brought a suitcase, planning to be here for a week. Instead, I ended up in hospital for the better part of a month because I was in heart failure. You know, just a slight change of itinerary. I never made a conscious decision to live in New Zealand. I spent eight months renting what had originally been an Airbnb when I
Bring Back Fun (opens the original)
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When did we, as a society, decide to suck the soul out of everything, consolidate and repackage it for everyone?I realise that this is how things have been done in the past, and I am not trying to romanticise some version of the world that never existed. People have always sold things, trends have been followed, people have always had terrible opinions to voice and I am fairly certain every generation reaches an age where they look around at the next one and wonder what the actual fuck is going
Something Has To Give (opens the original)
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I don’t know when it happened, it crept in slowly, seeming to sneak up on me before I even realised it was happening. Apparently, somewhere along the way, life became one very long administrative task and I forgot I was supposed to be a person while doing it.Life got so serious I forgot that I love dancingLife got so serious I forgot that I love writingLife got so serious I forgot how to sit still and enjoy a sunsetLife got so serious I forgot how to lose myself in a book Life got so serious I f
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