Sugarfree Me

Highs & lows. Ups & downs. Happiness & sadness. Joy & sorrow. The past couple of decades or so have been packed with both for me. The circumstances I grew up in & my natural personality have led to an eventful & dramatic life so far. Of course, being polar opposites all those adjectives above exist purely because of one another, right? I don't think it's rocket science to suggest that there is a yin and yang thing happening here, that there's no happy without sad, no joy without sorrow, so on and so forth. Every one of you reading this has been up and been down, has been high and been low. That's life right?  One rather odd sensation I get when I contemplate my life as a whole is the oddly linear manner in which I have experienced it, how sadness has led to happiness. I have little memories before the age of 9 or 10, but from that point on things were rather bleak for a long period which I've written about in sufficient detail,  often en...

Being a reasonably self aware person comes with its perks and its drawbacks. For example, it's a perk that I know my strengths and weaknesses so well. It just makes life easier. It's a drawback that I am so horrendously aware of my weaknesses at the same time though. Where do we start? I'm no chef. I can't sing. I have the rhythm of a wet mop which means musical talent is out, and much as I love to do it, I really can't 'dance' in the truest sense of the word. I'm scattered as hell and try as I might, my attention span still isn't very good...wait, what was I talking about?  You get my point. Anyway, my weaknesses are many & never far from my mind, but my strengths require a little more exploration. Bar one: I can communicate. There's a lot of unnecessarily complex and convoluted stuff going on inside my mind & body at any given moment, which can be challenging, but the one thing I have been blessed with is the ability to get it all of...