Category: Managing Guilt

I canceled dinner plans last Friday. I did not have a fever. I did not have an emergency at work. I was just completely tired. We were supposed to go to a busy Italian place downtown, and just thinking about finding parking made my stomach hurt. The entire process of sending the text message took […]

There is a specific kind of panic that hits me on Sunday afternoons. It usually starts around three o’clock. I will be sitting on the sofa, doing absolutely nothing, and suddenly my brain decides I am failing at life. I start making mental lists of things I should be cleaning. The baseboards. The refrigerator shelves. […]