BREATHE... a journal

This blog is a preview for my memoirs. Sort of a journal. I like to post some of my ideas and inspirations here.

The journal has about 145 pages written so far and will also feature some of my artwork and pictures. Not a book. Not a comic book. CHAOTIC, like me.

As you can see, I am not writing in a typical format. The pages might look like poems but it's simply because I like things short and simple. Clean.

If you have ever experienced depression, you know that reading a book with pages filled with words is discouraging and you quickly lose interest...

BREATHE focuses on what I have learned and experienced so far, after the loss of my dad and the depression that followed.
I started writing to vent, but it has led me to knowing myself a bit better-- my limits, my dreams.

-Janie

Friday, May 30, 2008

Not so good day...

I know I'm a bum...
I rarely post on any of my blogs.
It's just that I'm trying and working so hard on getting a normal life back!
It may seem trivial to any other person,
but each and every day for me is a triumph in itself.

...

Is it normal that it still sometimes takes all my will and energy just to get out of bed?
I don't feel like painting.
I can't get myself to read a book.
Nothing motivates me at the moment and I just keep getting angrier at myself.

All I can think is:
"How can you allow yourself to be so lazy?
What would you do if you were working right now?
Don't you think it's time you started again?"

And I find myself disappointed again...
Frustrated and discouraged.
It's a daily struggle.