by Havi Brooks | Dec 6, 2009 | stuff I think about
Personal ads! They’re … personal! Very. So my itty bitty personal ads made me realize that it’s time to make a regular practice of trying to feel okay asking for stuff. Even when the asking thing feels weird and conflicted. Ever since I posted the...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 26, 2009 | stuff I think about
I did this last year on American Thanksgiving too (tradition!) so here’s the short explanation. This is my Ungratitude Game. Also known as the Lentil Game. Okay. But that was a terrible explanation. So more explaining! Things I do not really like: forced...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 25, 2009 | stuff I think about
You might already know that I’m not really a fan of forced gratitude or mandatory counting of blessings. Which is why I have my list of 77 things that don’t completely suck for my Thanksgiving-inspired not-having-to-be-grateful gratitude practice. And yet...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 19, 2009 | stuff I think about
Yesterday I talked about how annoying deliciously ironic it is that the thing that sucks most can so often end up morphing into the best thing that ever happened (even though at the time it was awful and we still wouldn’t do it again). And I said I had a list of...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 18, 2009 | not hating on yourself, stuff I think about
The other day I was on the phone with an old, old friend. And I mean “old” like we’ve been friends for too many years to not be able to laugh about really horrible things. Which is exactly what we were doing. Actually, we were laughing (and really...
