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Note to Self: Stop Trying to Be Who You Were

photo of me in aviator shades and a red top from 2009 when I was 20

Drunk on wishful thinking gets you nothing but a hangover.

Posted byJessicaMarch 9, 2022March 21, 2022Posted inUnplugTags:letter to myself, Mental health, nostalgia, regrets, wasted youth4 Comments on Note to Self: Stop Trying to Be Who You Were

Thoughts and Things: On Changes, Grieving Your Past Self, and Uncomfortable Familiarity

Tiled mosaic with words "change" repeated over and over in some places.

Do people ever really change? Am I capable of adapting once more?

Posted byJessicaAugust 29, 2021August 29, 2021Posted inUnplugTags:changes, covid, moving, pandemic, ramblingLeave a comment on Thoughts and Things: On Changes, Grieving Your Past Self, and Uncomfortable Familiarity

How to Be 100% Productive

Man in monkey mask giving thumbs up; text says "100% productivity guide, A totally Serious Guide by Jessica Mathis"

Buy my course! On sale for $999!

Posted byJessicaJanuary 7, 2021January 7, 2021Posted inUnplugTags:humor, Productivity, satire, toxic productivity5 Comments on How to Be 1005 Productive

What Grief Taught Me About Peace and Happiness

photo of trees turning yellow, with fallen leaves on the ground.

Things are happening exactly as they should. Happiness may not always be there, but neither will sadness and pain. Emotions are cyclical. So are we.

Posted byJessicaNovember 20, 2020March 5, 2021Posted inUnplugTags:grief, happiness, introspection, peace, spirituality2 Comments on What Grief Taught Me About Peace and Happiness

I Tried Breaking My Phone Addiction for 10 Days

a top-down photo of a blank pad of paper, a couple of white card stacks, a cell phone, a cup of coffee, and a pen.

I thought breaking my phone addiction would be as easy as deleting social media apps. I was wrong.

Posted byJessicaMay 9, 2020July 17, 2020Posted inUnplugTags:happiness, Mental health, phone addiction, Productivity, social media1 Comment on I Tried Breaking My Phone Addiction for 10 Days

Breaking Phone Addiction: My Plan to Stop Mindless Scrolling

Mostly black screen with a pair of disembodied hands reaching from the shadows, holding a phone

I was in denial about my cell phone addiction and the negative effects of social media. Until now.

Posted byJessicaApril 30, 2020April 30, 2020Posted inUnplugTags:happiness, phone addiction, Productivity, self-improvement, social media7 Comments on Breaking Phone Addiction: My Plan to Stop Mindless Scrolling

The Nutrition and Supplement Plan that Improved My Mental Health (Including No More Brain Fog)

Meal replacement shake, multivitamin, berberine, magnesium, turmeric & ginger, and l-theanine in a row

Low mood and brain fog were taking over my life. I changed my diet to work from the outside in.

Posted byJessicaMarch 22, 2020July 17, 2020Posted inMental health, UnplugTags:borderline personality disorder, brain fog, brain food, low carb, Mental health5 Comments on The Nutrition and Supplement Plan that Improved My Mental Health (Including No More Brain Fog)

I Went to Planet Fitness for the First Time and Didn’t Die

row of free weights with a woman at the end of the row

Planet Fitness? More like Planet Awkward. It’s me. I’m who’s awkward.

Posted byJessicaFebruary 9, 2020March 19, 2020Posted inUnplugTags:anxiety, fitness, gym, self-conscious, workout6 Comments on I Went to Planet Fitness for the First Time and Didn’t Die

12 Wins in 12 Months: A 2019 Retrospective

12 wins in 12 months. Celebrating 2020 by Looking back at 2019

2019 wasn’t all bad. Focusing on the positives to close out the year!

Posted byJessicaJanuary 1, 2020Posted inUnplugTags:2020, accomplishments, anxiety, conquering fears, new years5 Comments on 12 Wins in 12 Months: A 2019 Retrospective

20 Questions to Improve Your Self-Awareness

20 questions to improve your self-awareness

Reflect on yourself, and you might like what you see. Or you will just make a bunch of self-effacing jokes and pass it off as a blog post.

Posted byJessicaAugust 10, 2019Posted inInspiration, UnplugTags:Inspiration, self-awareness, self-improvement4 Comments on 20 Questions to Improve Your Self-Awareness

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