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Underpants On My Jacket #MentalHealthMonth

Underpants stuck to your jacket could just be the defining moment of your whole self-awareness. #MentalHealthMonth

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Resolving Resolutions [#FleurDeFat no.7]

New year, new me? With every new year, it seems as though resolutions grow more and more prevalent whether on the internet, via ads, talking with friends, or strangers even. I’ve always found the idea of New Year’s resolutions to be strange and trying for me. As someone who has been overweight all my life, […]

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Singing In The Shower [#TheEichLife no.91 #EurekaMoments]

I am both familiar with and a fan of singing in the shower.  But I usually partake in this practice when I am in my house. Alone. But the guy in the shower stall next to me at the gym this morning? He wasn’t just singing (or, to be fair, it was really aggressive humming). […]

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How To Love Yourself When You Feel Like You’re Not Enough [#FleurDeFat no.2]

If you’ve been on the Internet within the past year, you’ve probably read the terms “self-love” and “self-care” at least once. To me, these terms mean different things for different people. Generally, they are both pretty self-explanatory, and at the risk of redundancy, I will put into very broad terms what they mean in my […]

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Waiting On A Train [#TheEichLife no. 74]

It had been an afternoon of mundane errands – the bike repair shop, haircuts, the pharmacy – and my six-year-old was ready to be outside of the car and back at home. We pulled close to our neighborhood, only to realize a delay was awaiting us, courtesy of a train coming across the railroad tracks […]

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You Had One Job [#TheEichLife no. 31]

I don’t like to disappoint. It is a big part of who I am. The first time I remember really screwing it up was when I was five years old. My family was visiting my uncle in Florida. He didn’t have kids of his own and talked to all of us like we were adults. […]