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Can You “Just Do”… Anything?

I planned this for very many months, this blog. I (eventually) wrote nine posts as a buffer, but (also eventually) there came a time when I had to start posting. Which meant writing new things every week. Needless to say, I am not completing new posts at quite the rate I post old ones. Why not? It’s not for lack of topics, I came up with a list of 60 before I ever started writing. Nope, I’ve got ideas, I’ve got time, I’ve got a… Read More »Can You “Just Do”… Anything?

Back From the Silence

For a balanced perspective, or at least one that could conceivably be called delicately off-, I should also touch on the other main topic of this blog: so here is my history with music, its place in my life then and now, and (an overview of) the way my mental illness and my musical life wind around each other. As you may be completely unsurprised to learn, music has always played an important role in my life. In the earlier days, a lot of it… Read More »Back From the Silence

Anxiety, etc.

The first topics I want to address very deliberately are mental health topics: bipolar, last week, and today anxiety. Across these posts I’ll also be sharing some examples of how my mental illness has influenced my songwriting. Why write this here? (you may be wondering.) This seems to be a blog situation, not a journal. Well, (I answer,) I have multiple goals. I want to share honestly what it can be like living with mental illness for people who don’t, and for people who do… Read More »Anxiety, etc.

Bipolar Past

The first topics I want to address very deliberately are mental health topics: bipolar, today, and next week will be about anxiety. Across these posts I’ll also be sharing some examples of how my mental illness has influenced my songwriting. Why write this here? (you may be wondering.) This seems to be a blog situation, not a journal. Well, (I answer,) I have multiple goals. I want to share honestly what it can be like living with mental illness for people who don’t, and for… Read More »Bipolar Past

Doing the Work

Recap: Hi, I’m Laura. I made an attempt at blogging like this before, but honestly, hardly anyone knew it existed, let alone read it. I turned the blog’s name into a band-okay-duo’s name (with my partner), which felt really great at first. But something was missing. Then I realized what went wrong with the original blog—the audience problem—and I realized I could change things if I stopped screaming into the void and started talking to people instead. And boy, would that be work. But worth… Read More »Doing the Work

Second-Hand Domain Name

Recap: Hi, I’m Laura. I made an attempt at blogging like this before, but honestly, hardly anyone knew it existed, let alone read it. And I realized too late that I could change things if I stopped screaming into the void and started talking to people instead. My partner, Adam, and I met playing music, and we’re still doing it. I sing, Adam sings and plays guitar. I write lots of songs, and sometimes we write together. But we’ve never so much as played an… Read More »Second-Hand Domain Name

Screaming Into the Void and Expecting a Response

Hi, I’m Laura. Once upon a time, I flunked out of grad school. Okay, that’s a bit of a mischaracterization, my grades were quite good. But I realized that my goal was beyond me. In particular, I had wanted to become a counsellor and Help People. Alright, let’s be perfectly honest… I wanted to be Deanna Troi. But partway through the schooling for that I came to the sad conclusion that I couldn’t cope with the weight of it. The pressure, the high stakes. I… Read More »Screaming Into the Void and Expecting a Response