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rileysoloner
Jul 1, 20221 min read
Week 1 Done
It's both emotionally and intellectually challenging. It's a confrontation and collaboration with the version of myself that I hid and...
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rileysoloner
Jun 30, 20221 min read
Here it is again.
This fucking feeling. A heavy combination of exasperated, angry, confused and regretful. What the fuck am I doing here? On multiple...
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rileysoloner
Jun 29, 20221 min read
Making confusing familiar
This is hard. Yesterday was a big challenge. There is some comfort in solidarity. I’m not alone. I had some good conversations yesterday...
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rileysoloner
Jun 28, 20221 min read
I want to like challenges!
I saw in my journal last week, I wrote of my physical therapy assessment that it was “challenging. Might not go back.” I felt...
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rileysoloner
Jun 27, 20221 min read
Exploding lemonade
Hello. I’m on my lunch break at my first day of coding bootcamp. Not much to report yet. I had a good morning. I'm happy to have prepared...
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rileysoloner
Jun 24, 20222 min read
Run
At 6:20am, I stepped outside and ran a mile in 9 minutes and 27 seconds. It was my first mile run since April 5th. Even though I healed...
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rileysoloner
Jun 23, 20221 min read
Friend Power
Last night I celebrated the high school graduation of a friend I have known since he was a little baby. The room was full of friends I...
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rileysoloner
Jun 22, 20221 min read
I Want
I have a tendency to wallow. I’m working on replacing that with something more constructive. It’s necessary acknowledge a shortcoming,...
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rileysoloner
Jun 21, 20221 min read
More Learning More Humbling
I went in for a physical therapy assessment today. It’s all part of my big plan to improve my health once I can afford to take up such...
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rileysoloner
Jun 20, 20222 min read
Dead Friends
I think about the private vulnerable talks with these public goof clowns. Times they confided in me about their emotional weight. With...
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rileysoloner
Jun 17, 20222 min read
Hi, Friend
Being on social media makes me feel isolated. So does taking a break. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. The last time I took a long...
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rileysoloner
Jun 16, 20222 min read
list
This is the second day in a row that I’ve forgotten to write a blog post until it’s time to get to bed. I don’t want this to be a normal...
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rileysoloner
Jun 15, 20222 min read
This Might Not Work
As a high school student, I allowed the stress and anxiety over grades to boil over. "I'm going to fail," I would say, sealing my fate....
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rileysoloner
Jun 14, 20222 min read
HUF!
I’m on a cool, quiet, peaceful morning walk in the neighborhood. My hands are full of books from my favorite tiny library box. On my...
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rileysoloner
Jun 13, 20221 min read
Nine of Wands
My new morning ritual is still going strong: Pulling one card per day and listening to Jessica Dore’s Tarot for Change on Audible....
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rileysoloner
Jun 10, 20222 min read
60%
Today is a deadline day. To stay on pace, I must have 60% of the boot camp’s pre-work completed. I’m hovering at around 55%. My brain is...
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rileysoloner
Jun 9, 20221 min read
Hard Versus New
Soon after I uploaded yesterday’s blog post, I went back to work on my lab. I worked until I was mentally exhausted. I tried to power...
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rileysoloner
Jun 8, 20222 min read
Tiny Victories
Remember these quiet moments. A rare alone in the apartment day. Seated at the dining room table. Intro to JavaScript lab, Modifying...
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rileysoloner
Jun 7, 20222 min read
Grasping
I speed-wrote in my journal for 20 minutes, filling up the page with the most encouraging, self affirming language possible. Doesn't...
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