stuff we're not supposed to talk about

the most heartbreakingly beautiful lyric I’ve heard in a long time

mental healthLeslie McAdamApril 10, 2021sufjan stevensComment

trying new things

The only answer I know—and the reason for this blog post—is to tell myself that I just have to enjoy the process.

mental health, writing, recoveryLeslie McAdamApril 3, 2021writing, anxiety Comments

action as self-care

So, perhaps what I need to get over—to solve my overwhelmed-ness—is thinking that my self-care needs to look like anyone else’s. It doesn’t. And perhaps, for me, self-care isn’t so much about doing less but doing different things, with a different attention and intention.

writing, recovery, mental health, encouragementLeslie McAdamMarch 24, 2021writing, self-careComment

giving myself a break

I’m a human being, not a human producer.

mental health, writingLeslie McAdamMarch 10, 2021mental health, encouragementComment

ambition and burnout

Over the years, I’ve learned that I can’t do everything, and I’ve learned to not agree to do too much. There are still times, though, that it happens. Like now.

mental health, enthusiasm, encouragementLeslie McAdamMarch 6, 2021mental health, encouragement, self-helpComment

the power of not changing

Sometimes we don’t want truths. Sometimes we don’t want to be set free.

encouragement, mental healthLeslie McAdamFebruary 27, 2021mental health, encouragementComment

To my friend who is depressed and sick and overweight and sad

But the key thing that I did—and that I can’t do for you—is I decided, once and for all, that I was going to get better.

encouragement, mental healthLeslie McAdamFebruary 17, 2021mental health, encouragement Comments

asking for what I want

I realize this is very woo-woo. I don’t care. It makes me much happier to know that the energy I send out matters. That what I want will come to me. That all I have to do is ask for it.

encouragement, mental healthLeslie McAdamJanuary 30, 2021loaComment

lifelong learning

It’s the end of the year. Time to review and reflect. Time to think about improving in the future.

Time to get anxious about the sheer number of things I want to change.

This is my solution

mental health, encouragementLeslie McAdamDecember 30, 2020Comment

Um so I had an amazing year

There really is magic in just starting to do something small, because it really does compound and snowball into good things.

mental health, fear, encouragementLeslie McAdamDecember 26, 2020mental health, encouragement, 2020 Comments

on fear

Just because I gave myself the Will Smith pep talk didn’t mean all my fears evaporated. They were dispelled, but then they came back. Kind of like how a huge wave hits the shore, then retreats, but another one comes, just with less power. I shooed it back, and the fear returned. I shooed it back again.

fear, mental health, enthusiasmLeslie McAdamDecember 23, 2020fearComment

permission

There’s an old saying about how it’s better ask forgiveness than permission.

But I think it’s better to not ask for either one.

mental health, encouragementLeslie McAdamDecember 2, 2020encouragementComment

timing

Because it seems to me if I could trust the timing of things, trust that I’m going to read the references before I read the book that sums them up, then life could be a whole lot easier and more enjoyable.

mental healthLeslie McAdamNovember 25, 2020mental healthComment