Have you ever been standing in a crowded room, and there's a thousand and one different conversations going on, and people are laughing and joking, and you, you're literally surrounded by them, all in the thick of it, and yet you feel completely alone? That's me. A lot. Sometimes I feel like I am just… Continue reading 20. How to…make new friends
19. How to… Survive when the world comes crashing down
I'm most certainly doing my outfit a disservice, but today isn't that kind of post, I suppose. Tell the people you love that you love them every single day without fail. And anyone who tells you there's something wrong with that, or it's weird, or you shouldn't do it? Tell them to kiss your ass.… Continue reading 19. How to… Survive when the world comes crashing down
18. How to…confront those demons
One of the hardest things about trying to come out of my shell this year and step away from those things in my past that have managed to dig their claws in so deep is that they're still there. They're still there, so the temptation in both worlds to simply take a deep breath and… Continue reading 18. How to…confront those demons
17. How to… Stay thirsty
I would say TGIF, but it's Saturday, so... Yay weekend? I meant to post this yesterday and initially had a completely different tune and photo in mind, but things and stuff happened, and I have the attention span of a gnat at times, so here we are! First of all, the definition of thirsty in… Continue reading 17. How to… Stay thirsty
16. How to… Keep that positive energy going
So, here's the thing... ... I'm fucking exhausted. Bet you didn't think that was how this one was going to start out, did you? But, truth bomb? I have Cerebral Palsy in real life. A person with CP expends 5x the energy of that of a normal, healthy person simply to get up and move… Continue reading 16. How to… Keep that positive energy going
15. How to… Open Your Eyes
If you've been around for any length of time in Second Life, you've probably noticed that we're big on the charitable causes. There's hundreds of events across the grid every year supporting everything from cancer research to animal conservation. That's not what we're going to talk about today. Today, we're going to talk about One… Continue reading 15. How to… Open Your Eyes
14. How to… Let it go.
This year has been a hard year already. Now, I know what you're going to say. "But Nova, you twit, it's only January!" Yep. It sure is. And you know what I realized this morning, as I contemplated the very real possibility of turning in my notice at work tomorrow and giving up on the… Continue reading 14. How to… Let it go.
13. How to… Embrace your inner weirdo!
Once, back in the day, I was hired as an ambassador to the honors college at my school. I was an honors college kid, I lived in the honors college dorm, I'd had my own struggles with the program. But I tried to warn them. I did. See, part of that job was giving tours… Continue reading 13. How to… Embrace your inner weirdo!
12. How to… Drop it like it’s hot…
Sorry. I had to do it. I just had to. I have a new computer. A NEW COMPUTER. And yes, caps-lock is totally necessary. My laptop was staging an all-out revolution before the holiday, as some of you know. It was as if it had become sentient, and was angered by the knowledge that it… Continue reading 12. How to… Drop it like it’s hot…
11. How to cripple the social anxiety monster (before He cripples you!)
So, Nova has been doing a lot of introspection lately (which apparently means Nova is going to talk about herself in the third person during the opening of this post) and Nova has realized something - Nova is not very good at peopling. "Peopling" you ask? The (not-so) subtle art of blending into the crowd… Continue reading 11. How to cripple the social anxiety monster (before He cripples you!)
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