Anxiety, and The Benefits of Adult Coloring BooksFolks, I have anxiety. Like, a lot of anxiety. I’m also highly sensitive, hyper-reactive, empathic, and introverted. I am a walking cocktail of simmering unease, and am always seeking ways to comfort myself. While I can’t always prevent knocks at the door, errands that need run, people who need talking to, or any other basic, mundane aspect of human existence that overwhelms me, I can find things that soothe me. My latest find? The adult coloring book. I have found my soothing calling card. These bad boys are a game changer for me. I own five coloring books (and I only started coloring three […]
“And who am I? That’s one secret I’ll never tell…”(Yes, that’s a Gossip Girl quote. Don’t judge…) Who are any of us, really? Don’t we change on the regular, from clothes to weight to outlook, even to personality? I read somewhere recently that we completely change every ten years. So, the person I was even ten years ago is no longer similar to the person I am today. Well, yeah. Duh. I don’t know about you all, but I have changed so much over the past decade that my younger self wouldn’t recognize my current self. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. I started on a journey of transformation when I hit the big 4-0, eight years ago. I recently […]
