What neurodivergence feels like a lot of the time: life led kinda sideways. I've had a couple of interesting conversations about neurodivergence this week—some overtly so, some more subtle. Like so many people—especially women—I was diagnosed with ADHD very late in life. And with Autism a couple of years later. Both diagnoses made so much sense, while also feeling like rug-pull moments: wth? (Thank you, therapist number 451, for your gentle question: 'Have you ever been tested for ADHD?') The...

Have I already talked (a lot) about Désirée Penner and her erasure poems made from rejection emails? Yes. And I am not alone. Many people are talking about them—hundreds of many. The post has had more than 150,000 views at the time of this writing, and Désirée herself has talked about it on the radio. Tell me, tell Désirée, tell the world about your rejections! Here's my erasure poem of my one rejection (I've only submitted four times, and haven't heard yet from the other three).

Another helpful Wednesday. Here are some supportive things that made their way through this day for me, specifically. Notion sharing garden or other grounding/joyful pics to stabilize connecting around different access points to shared interests Jukebox speaking up Notion Notion.so is something I've tried a thousand times to describe but can't quite. It's a bit like 12 years ago when a friend tried to explain Pinterest to me. They finally said, very simply, "I use it as a filing system."...