Do you take it plain, no ice, in a tall glass? Or in a metal water bottle? Glass? BPA-free plastic? If there’s ice, do you take it crushed or cubed? Is there any fruit infused? Do you like carbonation in your water? Do you drink it alone, or with your meal? My grandmother used to claim that drinking water while eating softens the food and makes it hard to digest. I haven’t verified this.

One of the most important books I’ve read in the last few years has been a book called Stopping the Noise in Your Head by Reid Wilson. The book is aimed at people who have OCD, but is useful even if you have run of the mill anxiety. One of the strategies that Wilson talks about in the book is the idea of talking to your anxiety. You can do this by challenging it (“hey anxiety, make my palms sweatier, go on, I dare you!

For my eighth birthday, I opted to have a smaller birthday party, which meant about 3 people. I specifically remember what each person at my party game me for my birthday. One boy had given me a video game, one that I played for years and years, called Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine. Another child had given me my first box of Hot Tamales, and I was addicted from then on.

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+++ title = “07” date = 2019 +++ When I found out I was going to have a son, a bunch of anxiety washed over me. I was excited, of course, to have a child no matter the gender. But I carried a lot of baggage from my childhood (and beyond) of shaping my relationship with masculinity. One of my key qualities as a child was that I would cry a lot.