Kintsugi (Finding Motivations & Inspirations for Moving On)

I sometimes find it helpful to look at similarities and contrasts between similar stories.

“I want to challenge the mindset that failure is not an option” [ https://wants.blog/2025/12/18/i-want-to-challenge-the-mindset-that-failure-is-not-an-option ]

“Grieving the life you hoped to live doesn’t mean you’ve failed (It means you loved deeply enough to imagine it)” [ https://mortality.news.blog/2025/12/18/grieving-the-life-you-hoped-to-live-doesnt-mean-youve-failed-it-means-you-loved-deeply-enough-to-imagine-it ]

image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi

I lacked the discipline and guidance to develop the essential skills required for success

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I have noticed that our future generations are involved in a whirlwind of activities, living in a frantic and overwhelming schedule. The ability to deeply focus on one thing becomes increasingly challenging, resulting in a decline in the quality of their performances and practices. Rushing through the process of learning a musical instrument serves as a metaphor for simply rushing through life’s tasks, filling up time without allowing for the necessary space and consistency required for effective and meaningful practice. I embrace the Turtle, who teaches us that slow and steady wins the race. By adopting this balanced approach, one can save time and accomplish more with the ability to fully focus on one task at a time.
https://amazinggracelee.com/2023/07/22/my-story

The most important thing is that you are equipping yourself with the mindset to deal with your bad days

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Your mindset is most often either your biggest roadblock to overcoming a bad mood or the best pathway into seeing things more positively. If you practice sitting/sulking in your bad days and spouting off negativity about how nothing will ever get better, you won’t be able to see anything good. But if you focus on taking in those moments that aren’t great and understanding that they don’t have to define your whole day, or even a whole hour – you’ll be able to handle them better.
https://abbieupshaw.wordpress.com/2022/06/20/hot-girl-walk-it-off

WordPress bug report: WordPress tag/s don’t work :/

One of my blog posts does not show up in the tagged post listing, even though it uses the tag.

See https://wordpress.com/tag/freestyle-libre

The post that doesn’t show up is: https://diabetes.tech.blog/2021/05/21/review-of-abbott-freestyle-libre-cgm-continuous-glucose-monitoring-system-major-software-problems

I noticed this because I just reposted another review of Abbot’s “Freestyle Libre” technology a few minutes ago, and since I remembered having review the very same CGM a while back, I checked to see if it was listed (and how far apart the two posts are listed).

Nada — it’s not there at all (even though many older posts are listed).

Maybe Abbott has an arrangement with WordPress to eliminate negative reviews? 😯

Nothing had me chasing impossible standards more than motherhood

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Because when you put the quiet expectation on yourself as a mother to never fall or fail them, to never show when you’re scared and never feel angry – then somewhere along the way you’ve stopped acknowledging God and decided you can be a good enough god to the people you love instead. We may never say it that way, but the exhausting way I was living and striving exposed me. I expected myself to always be able to love and care and be everything for Nicole perfectly.
https://aprisonerofhope.com/2022/05/07/learning-its-okay-to-fail