I’ve spent a silly amount of time trying to figure out how to start this piece, classic Tanya has already written a heap, but figured out the start would be future Tanya’s problem. It’s me, hi, I’m future Tanya. That’s the thing yeah? There is … Continue reading Dragonflies and Worms. Vale Carla.
I completely missed posting in the month of October, and I then I got so in my head about stuffing up my “1 post a month” thingo that I just didn’t bother. Then I gave myself a break (progress over perfection). Anyway, no real idea … Continue reading Welcome to my TAN talk. (Life Lessons)
I’ve mentioned before that I have anxiety. It is something I’ve struggled with on and off for the past 15 or so years. I spent a lot of time trying to identify what my triggers were and how to avoid them. (I’m a control freak, … Continue reading Things that keep me up at night
I’ve tried to rein back with what I write on here about Mia. Primarily because I want her to feel safe, and never feel like her day to day life is canon fodder for my blog, but secondly because… it’s the new normal, yeah? It’s … Continue reading Insta what?? InstaParent.
I keep hearing how everything is finally getting back to normal now. Praise jeebus, everything is getting back to the way it should be. Packed shopping centers, commuting, being stuck in traffic, having to be around swarms of people – is that what you want? … Continue reading The New Normal
The title (well, part of it…) is one of them witty quotes floating around. You’ve probably seen it on some random post, meant to make us think, then giggle and then continue doom-scrolling. It feels like the older I get, the more complicated my thoughts … Continue reading Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be (AKA F*ck you Aslan)
Welcome to another entry in the “Tanya forces herself to write something” category. This one came to me while I was thinking about my circle of friends. I have a healthy circle of friends and consider myself lucky to have an awesome group of people … Continue reading Friendship Archetypes
I really made a choice when I said I would write one blog per month. The month has tick tick ticked away and I have written all of five dot points. I have no real sense of what to write about this month, so I’ll … Continue reading These are a few of my favourite things
I thought for the first blog of the year I’d write about myself. Why? Because fuck you, that’s why. Seriously though, this is not your typical “my favourite colour is purple, my first car was orange and I once drove to NSW because I was bored”, I’m talking more of those inner ‘Tanya Truths’. The ones that make me feel uncomfortable.
I’ve been hesitant to write about everything – Covid, lockdowns, vaccines – partly because it’s such a controversial topic and I have no room in my fuck budget to deal with people’s opinion on all of it, and the other part because my writing has … Continue reading Live through this
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