Hi, Awkward introduction here: I’m Maria Dickmann!!! Are you suffering from overexposure to things you don’t feel like dealing with? Are you feeling guilty about all the things you “should” be doing? Are you generally pondering your life choices and wondering where things went off the rails? I have literally…

I made a new friend recently and she seems really cool and the kids are similar ages, so we invited them to join us for a swim today. And then, there began a series of unfortunate events. I run compulsively early, probably at some form of ocd or something, because…

Hazel made this for me at her spring break camp. I have to say as I was walking up to her my first thought was, “dear God how did you get them to give you duck tape” I have to hide the tape at home, she would go through a…

What do I actually do with my time? Is this a hard question for everyone? Like, I don’t actually spend much time on my supposed hobbies. I don’t come home from work and bust out a gown, usually. My book wish list is more aspirational than anything else. The information…

I found the handbook on how to mother exactly how I had planned…. Oh wait that was that a dream? Fuck I hate when I have to wake up from the good dreams. I was going to be the mom who almost never let my kids have screen time… it’s…

I think the hardest thing after surviving a mental health crisis is justifying all the work you have to do after just to keep going. Life is kind of boring often, and after a mental health crisis it can feel like every bump in the road is life trying to…

Honestly I’m happy to be divorced at this point. I get to model for my kids that they are first priority for me and that while a relationship would be nice, it would neither define nor complete me because I am both whole and complete already. Getting to this point…

It’s weird being like, “My mountain was Tuesday! I passed the time with nothing particularly productive!” But it’s also awesome to celebrate being in the moment…? (For clarity: Mountain is a stand in for ambitious life goal) Seriously though, I really think it’s time to embrace not accomplishing anything in…

The Walmart parking parking lot was way too full for 6:30 in the morning. Why was I at Walmart at 6:30 in the morning? Because I woke up with motivation to go shopping and I was not about to waste that. People without an anxiety disorder or depression might never…