our memories belong together
Yesterday I checked-in on swarm (yes I still use that app) at Loft, and the app reminded me that I was last there in 2018 with my partner: I had zero recollection…
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113 months: fun till the end
ageing, uncertainty, and creative flexibility
The past few weeks I haven’t been recovering well from my exercise. I thought it was perimenopause or something, but upon examining my journal entries I could trace it back to one…
there is only now
This past week my partner fell sick — not covid as far as we know (we tested) but it seems like a more severe flareup of her MCAS. She hasn’t been this…
because we are both pessimists
It is so easy to take for granted, the ease of a relationship that has lasted 106 months. That is almost 9 years, a little less than a quarter of my life….
in the mountains at chiang mai
After spending a while in the city we moved to the mountains for a bit. Previously I had avoided any trips that involved long vehicle rides because of covid risk, but I…
feeling my age
In 2011 in a desperate attempt to change my life I went on a trip to the US with only enough money to last me for a month there. I did not…
why i turn to books on buddhism in times of suffering
Over the past decade I tend to turn to books on buddhism whenever I feel down. I wouldn’t consider myself religious or a buddhist, and I don’t really fully agree wth much…
obsessively compulsively thinking about death, loss and existence
Some time ago while reading a blog post on autism I learnt about the concept of existential OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder): Existential OCD involves intrusive, repetitive thinking about questions which cannot possibly…