Thank you all for your input and support.
MarieHolzer.com is nearly up and running - and I had to go with a theme that I hadn’t even previously considered due to technical difficulties (but thanks Gabriel for the lead!). In the meanwhile, I’m working hard to get the site up and to get a running start on my new career. So please forgive the impending absence.
In the meanwhile, what’s the weirdest dream you’ve ever had? Mine included trees growing out of the bottom of clouds and taking out the mountain I lived on with 5′ goldfish named Moira.
For those of you who do not know, I am in the process of starting my freelance writing career (though it feels more like trying to start my career) and thus my website. Since my go at building my own website with my so-so knowledge of HTML has only irritated me without much progress, I am turning to you, my readers, for a bit of advice. (more…)
Sometimes I feel like life has stolen my most prized qualities - a strong-will and determination to do things of importance. I’ve never been the kind of person who simply wants to exist; the only time I have ever entered “survival-mode” is when my illness was so strong and unmedicated that my life was truly in danger. But I was in that place for so long - nearly from the onset of adulthood to a time not so distant…
A lot of these thoughts have been fueled by a friend’s recent birthday dinner at a little steakhouse in my hometown where we all celebrated her reaching 24. As we chatted and laughed, I thought about how much she has accomplished so young. At 24, LJ has earned her Bachelors in History and is currently working on her thesis in the pursuit of a Ph.D. She works as a T.A. in the History department and an aid in the Entomology Lab. She and her boyfriend of 6 years live together in a cute little house they rent from his aunt. She’s traveled both with her honey and alone, exploring every local historical site she can get to in places like Atlanta, New York, Las Vegas, Seattle, and of course, her hometown.
While I know better than to compare myself to others, it occurred to me how much like her I once was; how much I expected of myself and yet, how little I fulfilled… (more…)
I’ve been racking my brain (figuratively and nearly literally) on why, despite my 300 mg of Wellbutrin XL, 10 mg of Lexapro and 50 mg of Seroquel daily I’m STILL depressed.
Then came another bit of bad news: I ran out of Wellbutrin two days ago. Since I have plenty of Lexapro and Seroquel, we decided to double my daily Lexapro to 20 mg a day. And you know what? I’m starting to feel better. And it turns out that MRIs - like Wellbutrin - can poop out on you. (more…)
Here is an interesting thought as we start this new week…
Work
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If you are an upright person then, “G-d will bless you in everything you do” (Deuteronomy 15:18). Note, however, that it says you must do.
We are meant to work through the processes of the material world. Why? Because this is the means by which the world is enlightened: the spiritual must invest itself into the mundane. And this can only be achieved by spiritual people working within the everyday world.
A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Tammuz 22, 5767 * July 8, 2007
Taken from an email subscription called “The Daily Dose” at Chabad.org.
God bless you in this new week as I hope He blesses me.
