đȘ¶âš Crow Brained Decision Fatigue: How to Balance the Strange Weight of Small Choices My grandmother loves to remind me that when I was little, any time I had to make a choice, I would immediately dissolve into tears because I simply could not decide. And now, as a wellâadjusted, wellârounded adult in my 50s⊅
đȘ¶ A Field Guide to Todayâs Shiny Objects Observations from the Wilds of the CrowâBrained MindSpecies: Homo Distractus CrowâBrainiensisHabitat: A home filled with good intentions, halfâfinished quests, and at least one beverage that has gone missing. đ IntroductionEvery day, the crowâbrained adult awakens with a plan. And every day, the universe responds with:âAh. Adorable. AnywayâŠâThus…
Kitchen Chaos: Two BreakfastâFriendly, CrowdâFriendly Recipes for When Life Is Loud and Your Brain Is Louder Some mornings you wake up ready to sautĂ©, season, and serve like a domestic sorcerer.Other mornings you wake up and immediately negotiate with your appliances like theyâre coworkers on the brink of mutiny. This post is for the second…
The Small Wins Big Magic Manifesto: Why Tiny Victories Matter More Than Anyone Told You The Quest Begins With a Single, Chaotic Step Some people wake up and immediately start conquering empires.The rest of us wake up, stare at the ceiling, negotiate with our joints, and celebrate the fact that we didnât scroll our way…
The ChaosâMage Guide to Fueling the Quest: Energy, Resources, Food, and the Magic That Keeps You Going Welcome to the Quest, Adventurer If youâre here, youâre probably a midlife magic-maker with an ADHD-coded brain, a fluctuating energy bar, and a deep suspicion that adulthood was supposed to come with a tutorial. Fueling the Quest is…
đȘ¶âšLowâSpoon Cooking: Building a âQuest Pantryâ for CrowâBrained Days Iâve always loved cooking â the whole ritual of flipping through recipe books (yes, plural, and no, we are not discussing why I own enough of them to qualify as a small library). I adore finding new recipes, gathering ingredients, and turning chaos into dinner. We…
đ The Feral Midlife Survival Guide đ Welcome to the Feral Era (Itâs Not a Crisis â Itâs a Transformation)If youâve recently found yourself crying at a commercial, rageâcleaning at midnight, forgetting why you walked into a room, or whispering âwhat fresh nonsense is thisâ at your own body⊠welcome to midlife. This midlife survival…
đȘ¶âš Kitchen Chaos: BatchâCooked Breakfasts for Foggy Mornings Iâve wrestled with my weight for as long as I can remember, and for years I searched for a way to stop myself from grabbing whatever snack was closest when I didnât have the energy to cook something decent. You know the drill: starving, brain fog rolling…
Welcome to the Nest: A Love Letter to the CrowâBrained I woke up this morning thinking about all the things I intended to accomplish on my days off. The plan was beautifully simple: make shepherdâs pie soup and organize my office. Two tasks. Manageable. Adult-like. Naturally, the first thing I did was order groceries from…
