I am neurotic

Don’t Judge Me

Don't Judge Me

Once upon a time, judgement wasn’t a four letter word. It  used to be known as having good judgement. It used to be admirable, to have a discriminating mind. I have this idea, that all opinion, is in fact a judgement of one kind or another. All choices are a judgement. But it’s not popular [...]

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Unleash the Control Freak

Unleash the Control Freak

This year I want to get organised. And not just with the big stuff, with all the little details as well. But I suppose if I could get on top of the little stuff, the big stuff would follow. Control freakdom is creepy that way. Now, my inner perfectionist may be dead, but my inner [...]

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If You Want to be Happy, be Average

If You Want to be Happy, be Average

I read somewhere (sorry, can’t remember where – you may blame my mushy brain) that people don’t do well with extremes and the less they exist on the fringes, the happier they are likely to be. People who are considered to be extremely beautiful, or extremely smart or just plain different aren’t happy apparently. Or, [...]

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The Guilty Conscience

The Guilty Conscience

I always wondered why mothers’ had such a reputation for making their children feel guilty. And now I think I know why. Because you feel guilty ALL the freaking time. After a while it probably becomes second nature and eventually you just become good at it. I’m assuming anyway. I’m not actually at that point [...]

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Soft Spoken

Soft Spoken

One of the comments from Amber on the Success of Smacking to me to thinking about being soft spoken. My mother was always soft-spoken, and I have always been that way as well. She never really raised her voice to us when we were little. She’s told me a couple of times that she almost [...]

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Dude, Where’s My Niche?

Dude, Where's My Niche?

I had originally envisaged this post as a guest post on Problogger. Lofty much? And this evening got the rejection e-mail. Darren was of course very kind in his rejection and said he hoped I wouldn’t take it personally because of the sheer volume of emails he gets over at his monster blog. I’m grateful [...]

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Jumping on the Bandwagon

Jumping on the Bandwagon

I’m a little late with the whole New Years resolutions thing. And although I’m not doing resolutions this year, exactly, I am thinking about goals. What is the difference? Well someone can resolve to be healthy, happy, less stressed or organised. But, my inner control freak would tell you that all of that just means [...]

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The Plague

The Plague

I broke out in a blister like rash on Christmas day. I don’t know about you, but blistering sounds biblical to me. Today, after allergy medications didn’t seem to be making a dent I went to the hospital and was informed I had shingles. Or the plague, they weren’t overly specific. Still given that I’ve been having [...]

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She’s Sensitive

She's Sensitive

I say that alot. Of course she’s particularly sensitive at the moment, with a bad cough and nightmare teething. But even aside from that, she’s a sensitive creature and she probably always will be. I try not to apologise for her sensitivity, even when it’s expected that I will. Or worse, that I will actively [...]

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A Twinkle

A Twinkle

I’m in limbo. I hate limbo. I don’t do it well. But a neurotic mess? I do that very well. I do that to perfection. I obsess, second guess absolutely everything and change my mind about what I think it means a million times every day. And the truly maddening part of the whole thing [...]

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