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Monica's Blog
Monica's BlogJul 7, 2026
Apologies to the self-love advocates, but ngl, my inner critic is a sarcastic bitch.
Why is it so hard to do the thing you wish you had more time (or more energy) to do? That thing is different for each of us, but there's a common string that connects them all. My thing is writing about a subject extremely important to me, but another person's thing could be painting, sewing projects, or creating music. Maybe yet another person's thing isn't so traditionally creative as producing art or creating a tangible object; maybe this person's thing is coding or programming.
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Monica's Blog
Monica's BlogJun 29, 2026
Somewhere between chill AF and Type A notetaker: Zettelkastens, Obsidian, and Personal Knowledge Management.
I'm not a hoarder (not typically, anyway.) My mom was a hoarder, and when I left my childhood home, I SWORE I would never be the same. So, and now, as an adult, I'm QUICK to throw out anything that isn't actually useful (or something that actually brings me joy, as Marie Kondo would put it). But if I'm being really real with myself...I wasn't able to fully avoid the hoarding gene; it just manifested in a not-so-obvious way: digitally. I obsess over my Zettelkasten and feel intense satisfaction w...
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Monica's Blog
Monica's BlogJun 12, 2026
They say karma's a bitch, but Imposter Syndrome is a cruel bully
It's amazing how imposter syndrome will still continue to rear its ugly head no matter how many times I encounter it: in therapy, in journaling, accepting it head-on, or trying to run away from it. What I do after each encounter with imposter syndrome may fluctuate each time, but it still visits me like a regular unwelcome guest. I will say, though, that if I choose a more responsible way of dealing with it, like journaling about it or talking with a therapist about it, then the length of stay a...
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Monica's Blog
Monica's BlogJun 8, 2026
Fanning away the miasma of depression, one writing session or workout at a time
Previously, I only snuck in an hour of writing maybe once a week, if I were lucky. I'd write on a weekday, after dinner, when my spouse was playing video games, thinking, Well, this would be a good time to! But otherwise, I'd spend most of the week upset with myself for not writing consistently. And for what? I don't publish that often (at least on my Substack), and my readership isn't huge, so it's not like there are people sitting at the edge of their seats for the next article I write. Even w...
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