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Volume 1, Issue 22: On Inclusion
Premium post · December 4, 2020
Hi friends! My red prayer plant was sitting on top of a bookcase, as happy as can be, but then got too heavy and snapped herself in multiple places. So, one...
Volume 1, Special Issue: Make Black Friday Black
November 27, 2020
Hi friends! Today was supposed to be a post that digs deep, as is the every-other-week pattern; however, I am going to change things up a bit. This year...
Volume 1, Resources 21: Zoom with Abandon & Mail with Braille
November 20, 2020
Hi friends! First of all: HOLY SHIT, A COUPLE OF YOU SENT ME MAIL TO MY P.O. BOX!!! I checked it the other day and I was expecting disappointment and a...
Volume 1, Issue 21: So Many Thoughts, So Little Me
Premium post · November 13, 2020
Hi friends! How’s everyone doing? It feels like an entire lifetime worth of news cycles has happened since my last newsletter. It’s Friday the 13th which is...
Volume 1, Resources 20: This Week Has Been The Longest Year
November 6, 2020
Hi friends! This week. Wow. gif of elderly Rose from the film “Titanic.” She is saying, “It’s been eighty-four years” So I had a pretty great plan for self-...
Volume 1, Issue 20 1/2: Special Issue for Election Day Prep
November 2, 2020
Hi friends! There are a couple of things that just can’t wait until Friday’s newsletter. First of all, I wanted to stress the importance of making a self-...
Volume 1, Issue 20: Let's Help Future Us
Premium post · October 30, 2020
Hi friends! First a quick note: this newsletter has a fancy new url and can be found at www.theinfophile.com. Happy Halloween! My favorite holiday though...
Volume 1, Resources 19: Feminist Book Rec & Self-Compassion
October 23, 2020
Hi friends! At the time of writing this newsletter, I am still riding the high of my last weekend at FIYAHCON, the first convention put on by Fiyah Literary...
Volume 1, Issue 19: On Breathing
Premium post · October 16, 2020
When I was a child, one of my aunties would have strategically placed post-it notes throughout her flat. They’d be on walls, cabinets, bookcases, and mirrors...
Volume 1, Resources 18: Covid-19 White House Data Viz, iChill, & Stopping a Coup
October 9, 2020
Hi friends! I’m writing this the night of the VP debate here in the U.S. Today at work, my manager asked if I was going to watch the debate. My response was,...
Volume 1, Issue 18: I Do Not Have a Dream Job
Premium post · October 2, 2020
Hi friends! I don’t know about you but I am finding it increasingly difficult to be motivated to do anything right now. Work. Get out of bed. Reply to texts...
Volume 1, Resources 17: Vowing Not to Burn Out, Tea & Empathy Cards, & 50 Ways to Reach Out
September 25, 2020
Hi friends! What Ashley C. Ford says in this Instagram post is a lot of what I’m feeling: smashfizzleI don’t have advice for you. Lots of people much smarter...
Volume 1, Issue 17: An Honest Coping Skills Check-in
Premium post · September 18, 2020
Hi friends! By the time this newsletter goes out, I will have been sheltering in place for 191 days. Sometimes I feel okay and recently came across this...
Volume 1, Resources 16: Re-Orientation & Reality Check, Pandemic Round-Up, Surge Capacity, & More Mental Health Resources
September 11, 2020
Hi friends! As you know, I am in the San Francisco Bay Area. As you may also know, a whole lot of California is on fire right now. When my wife left our...
Volume 1, Issue 16: The Most Difficult Boundaries
Premium post · September 4, 2020
Hi friends! I’m trying out a new time for sending the newsletter so thanks for bearing with me. Today I wanted to write a bit more about boundaries because...
Volume 1, Resources 15: More Antiracism, Self-Care, & Therapy
August 28, 2020
Hi friends! There’s a lot going on right now in the U.S. and I’m having a hard time finding anything to say that isn’t just screaming incoherently and...
Volume 1, Issue 15: 8 Myths About Boundaries
Premium post · August 21, 2020
Hi friends! Well, fire season in California has started. There are over 360 wildfires currently burning in California. We have kept our windows closed all...
Volume 1, Resources 14: Doomscrolling & COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment
August 14, 2020
Hi friends! I am overwhelmed. I’m taking Friday (newsletter day!) off my day job this week which means it was a 4-day work week for me. I have had 17...
Volume 1, Issue 14: The One Where I Am A Snail Mail Evangelist
August 7, 2020
Hi friends! Today I want to write about something very, very important to me: snail mail. “But this newsletter is about self-help and being a better person....
Volume 1, Resources 13: Breathing Techniques & More Antiracist Resources
July 31, 2020
Hi friends! How’s it going? There are a few things that have been keeping me going and bringing me joy lately and I want to share them. The first is that my...
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