by KimBoo York | Dec 31, 2014 | Life and all That
I wrote the following in my private journal, but I thought it was worth sharing. There is a lot going on in my life that is positive, and despite the fact that 2014 was rocky for a lot of people I know, my year overall was not traumatic. There were good days, there...
by KimBoo York | Nov 15, 2014 | Life and all That
I wrote the following on a fb post recently: …there are aspects of my life I want to change, that I NEED to change for my health and sanity, but are also deeply ingrained as parts of my identity. I have had to let go of so much that I didn’t want to lose,...
by KimBoo York | May 30, 2014 | Life and all That
It’s probably odd to link #YesAllWomen to body image issues, or maybe not. I’m a bad judge of things like that, but here we are. Reflecting on the experiences of other women and comparing them to my own, I realized that my self-defenses are legend. I did not even know...
by KimBoo York | Apr 13, 2014 | Life and all That
Gwyneth Paltrow used the term “conscious uncoupling” to describe her divorce process from Chris Martin. They were married for 11 years, and Paltrow used the phrase in her announcement about their separation. While it’s a term that has been making the...
by KimBoo York | Mar 31, 2014 | Life and all That
I have downloaded a small digital timer to my desktop. I don’t use it a lot, perhaps not when I should (to time writing sprints, for instance) and definitely when I shouldn’t. It’s there because I often care more about how something is done than in...
by KimBoo York | Feb 23, 2014 | Life and all That
I’m going to get specific here about something that makes a lot of people uncomfortable: money. Specifically, about being poor vs. not being poor, and how emotionally debilitating walking the line between those points can be. Yesterday I spent nearly $1000...
