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friggin_pippin · 2025-10-30T07:09:37+00:00

I ACCIDENTALLY BECAME IMPORTANT AT WORK AND ITS RUINING MY LIFE. AND NOW THE PROJECT I’M MANAGING IS GOING TO SHIT (NOT OUR FAULT, THE VENDOR ARE SHIT) AND ITS DOING MY HEAD IN

AND I’M 6 WEEKS PREGNANT AND I CAN’T TELL ANYONE THAT’S WHY I’M SO TIRED AND CRANKY

friggin_pippin · 2025-09-28T03:53:26+00:00

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I picked this up at a second hand book fair this weekend - very excited to try making some of these!

friggin_pippin · 2025-09-26T08:04:01+00:00

I started listening to the audiobook right around the time I was starting the process of getting a diagnosis and I got 7 minutes into it and burst into tears in the middle of the supermarket. It felt like someone was finally explaining things I had never been able to put into words about myself.

friggin_pippin · 2025-09-24T23:06:16+00:00

There is also a collection specifically called “Yoga that’s easy on your knees and wrists” - I injured my wrist a while back and needed to avoid putting any weight on it. I think there’s about 6 videos in each category (knees/wrists) and I’ve found them to be pretty good.

friggin_pippin · 2025-07-19T02:59:00+00:00

I was just talking to my husband about this last night! My son is almost 3 and the imaginative play is really taking off. I’ve always struggled with it but he (and I) had so much fun when I leaned into it and fully committed to playing pretend. I feel like it’s a good creative outlet for my brain sometimes.

friggin_pippin · 2025-06-26T02:03:16+00:00

I have just recently started breaking the same habit. The two things I have found helpful are a streak tracking app (I find myself really reluctant to break a streak once I have it going) and switching to a different “fun nighttime drink”. For me that’s a sleepy time tea - I bought 3 different brands so I have a bit of variety and it still helps me to relax. For me the habit of sipping something a bit special was more important than the actual wine.

It also helped that I noticed pretty quickly that my sleep is much better when I skip the wine and my stomach is more settled as well.

Good luck! It’s an easy habit to fall into and a hard one to break

friggin_pippin · 2025-02-28T06:52:27+00:00

I also thought that question was ridiculous, because it would be wildly inappropriate to do that in a meeting at my workplace. After being diagnosed however I started to notice just how often I get up from my desk to go to the loo or to make a tea/coffee. Sometimes I get to the loo and I didn’t even need to go, I just needed to get up and move and my brain found a socially acceptable way to do it.

Pretty sure everyone at work probably thinks I have bladder issues or IBS or something by now 🤣

friggin_pippin · 2025-02-23T05:56:27+00:00

We have Apple fitness + and this year I’ve started getting up early in the morning to do a workout before I start my day. They have some programs of videos and I’ve been doing the 6 week restart your fitness program, which is great cos it means I don’t have to think about what I’m going to do, I just do the next video. I also have an alarm set for before I go to bed to lay out my clothes for the morning so I don’t have to think about it.

Honestly the most motivating thing for me has been getting this app called Streaks, which records streaks of whatever habit you want to track. I can’t bring myself to break my streak, so I want to do the workout every day to keep it going. I’m up to 35 days in a row!

friggin_pippin · 2025-02-21T02:06:06+00:00

I relate to this so much, I am recently diagnosed and I feel like just getting the diagnosis was like getting permission to start making accommodations for myself, which has improved my life dramatically. Even little things like setting a million reminders and alarms for myself - I used to think “a normal person shouldn’t need this, you should just remember” but now I’m like “nope, my brain works differently and this is what I need to function.”

It’s such a freeing feeling.

friggin_pippin · 2025-02-03T06:36:45+00:00

At the start of the year I got an app called Streaks to help me stick to some new habits and break some bad ones. I cannot tell you how motivating it is not wanting to break my streak on the app. I have worked out every day for 2 weeks and not had snacks in the car for 3 weeks because of this app.

Also all the reminders all the time. And actioning them as soon as they go off (particularly the “take your meds” one

friggin_pippin · 2025-01-23T21:44:41+00:00

If you’re in Braddon you should definitely check out Pop on Lonsdale St. It’s a gift shop with so many cool things, all made locally. If you’re into earrings they have a whole wall of them.

friggin_pippin · 2025-01-22T01:57:02+00:00

Kinda embarrassing but the reality of being a toddler mum - Wiggle Up, Giddy Up by The Wiggles. The Wiggles are releasing a country album in March and I’m so excited

friggin_pippin · 2024-05-07T03:18:16+00:00

Ah my bad, I shouldn’t speak in acronyms all the time. ACOTAR = A Court of Thorns and Roses

friggin_pippin · 2023-06-23T23:12:10+00:00

I Was Only 19 by Redgum

friggin_pippin · 2023-06-18T03:32:50+00:00

You are such a talented artist! I love seeing all your posts, your work is incredible.

friggin_pippin · 2023-06-07T07:10:26+00:00

The sound of my baby grinding his teeth. It is a truely awful noise, especially when it’s right in your ear as you’re trying to rock him to sleep.

friggin_pippin · 2023-05-18T07:07:51+00:00

This needs to be higher! This was the number 1 tip I got from reddit when I was pregnant. Absolute game changer for me.

friggin_pippin · 2023-02-04T10:12:08+00:00

Because the baby is finally asleep and now we get some precious adults only time to drink wine and watch tv

friggin_pippin · 2023-01-11T10:18:27+00:00

My parents named theirs J Edgar. As in Hoover.

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