8 pages tagged with "thoughts"

2023 was the year I managed to rediscover my love of books and reading. Once I got turned on to the array of trans and sapphic books available, it was like I couldn't get enough. Below is the list of the books I read this year, sorted by author, loosely in the order I read them. One note before I be… read more

Hi, I'm trans. Let's talk about it! Note: In this blog post, I talk about the medical side of my particular kind of transgender experience. If that's not your thing, feel free to skip. A long time in the making The first time I looked up anything trans-related was in my early 20s. I didn't know it a… read more

There's a lot of speculation about why I left Rust yesterday, so I want to set the record straight in this post. What happened A short timeline of what happened from my perspective, as this is relevant for later: A request went out to the interim leadership group for potential keynote speakers for … read more

Today marks my first month clean from YouTube. It was the right choice, but that's not to say it was easy. Let's talk about it. Quitting When I decided to do something about my addiction, I had a few choices: Cut back the amount I was watching Quit cold turkey They both have their pluses and minus… read more

Hi, I'm a YouTube addict. I know what you're thinking. That sounds like a joke. That you want a funny punchline to go with it. Me too. First time I noticed Truth is, though, I've had a problem for a while. I first noticed it back in 2011. Back then, I could feel it growing. I would spend something l… read more

I just finished watching the movie called Stutz, a movie created by Jonah Hill about his psychiatrist. Through the movie, Stutz gives bite-sized practices drawn from Buddhism, psychiatry, and his own experiments. One of the themes is to accept that connection is the goal (connection with others, our… read more

I've been thinking recently about being on the Autistic spectrum. But first, some trigger warnings: topics include some talk of sex and gender, emotional pain, burnout. I thought it was about sexuality, or gender, or... I've wanted to talk about this for a long time. Before coming out as non-binary,… read more

I've been thinking recently... The good, the bad, and the average Do you ever wonder about how we judge things? By this I mean, let's say we go to a restaurant with a friend. The meal is going well enough, then towards the middle of the meal we try our friend's dish. Wham! It's amazing! How do we ju… read more