HeyJaredThe Long Climb
The Long Climb is about my life as a late-diagnosed woman with ADHD, my ongoing recovery from trauma/burnout, and navigating my career as a writer and theater artist in an increasingly hostile world.
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- 11
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- Sep 23, 2026
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- Jul 9, 2026
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Annoying (opens the original)
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Hyperfixation Friday: Hot Flashes (opens the original)
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Happy Friday!For those of you who have been with me for a while, I used to do this little series called Hyperfixation Friday. Somewhere along the line, I stopped. I’m not even sure why. I suspect the WHHHARRGARBL of World Tragedies made it seem silly. I’ve decided to bring it back on a twice monthly basis, let’s say for now the 2nd and last Friday of the month. For my fellow ADHDers, you know not to hold me to that schedule. I do want to be more consistent in all things, though, and since the ‘t
Vulnerable (opens the original)
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The Things You Can’t Remember Tell the Things You Can’t Forget (opens the original)
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KBQ Note: Please keep yourself sane this week, and close this if you are avoiding 9/11 content at this time.All lyrics in the pull quotes are from Tom Waits’ extraordinary song “Time”, from his 1985 album Rain Dogs. 1 <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ohRn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b471096-ca70-4924-9a88-4694882
An Exciting Announcement... (opens the original)
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Hi friends!I have wanted to officially do this for a really long time, but something was keeping me from doing it. Impostor syndrome, general overwhelm, and that weird fear of actually Starting a Thing. But I feel like I’m in a good place, and I’m truly excited.Ahem….drumroll please…KBQ CREATIVE CONSULTING<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RMiu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpub
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