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        <description><![CDATA[ This is a place for me to write about things that don&#039;t fit my ✨serious✨ writing in my publication THROUGH THE MYTHIC GLASS.

In this blog, I want to write about all the other random things that are taking up space in my brain. 

Most likely, whatever the most recent rabbit hole I fall down is... ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:06:07 +0000</pubDate>

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                <title>My mom died two weeks ago, and part of me went with her.</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[CW: parental death (obvi) but nothing in detail. Still, take care while reading if you need. 💜]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Apologies to the self-love advocates, but ngl, my inner critic is a sarcastic bitch.</title>
                <link>https://beyond-the-mythic-glass.pckt.blog/apologies-to-the-self-love-advocates-but-ngl-my-inner-critic-is-a-sarcastic-bitch-wgxj64p</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Why is it so hard to do the thing you wish you had more time (or more energy) to do? That thing is different for each of us, but there&#039;s a common string that connects them all. My thing is writing about a subject extremely important to me, but another person&#039;s thing could be painting, sewing projects, or creating music. Maybe yet another person&#039;s thing isn&#039;t so traditionally creative as producing art or creating a tangible object; maybe this person&#039;s thing is coding or programming.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Somewhere between chill AF and Type A notetaker: Zettelkastens, Obsidian, and Personal Knowledge Management.</title>
                <link>https://beyond-the-mythic-glass.pckt.blog/somewhere-between-chill-af-and-type-a-notetaker-zettelkastens-obsidian-and-personal-knowledge-management-1kua8wv</link>
                <description><![CDATA[I&#039;m not a hoarder (not typically, anyway.) My mom was a hoarder, and when I left my childhood home, I SWORE I would never be the same. So, and now, as an adult, I&#039;m QUICK to throw out anything that isn&#039;t actually useful (or something that actually brings me joy, as Marie Kondo would put it). But if I&#039;m being really real with myself...I wasn&#039;t able to fully avoid the hoarding gene; it just manifested in a not-so-obvious way: digitally. I obsess over my Zettelkasten and feel intense satisfaction w...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>They say karma&#039;s a bitch, but Imposter Syndrome is a cruel bully</title>
                <link>https://beyond-the-mythic-glass.pckt.blog/they-say-karmas-a-bitch-but-imposter-syndrome-is-a-cruel-bully-sbpuz85</link>
                <description><![CDATA[It&#039;s amazing how imposter syndrome will still continue to rear its ugly head no matter how many times I encounter it: in therapy, in journaling, accepting it head-on, or trying to run away from it. What I do after each encounter with imposter syndrome may fluctuate each time, but it still visits me like a regular unwelcome guest. I will say, though, that if I choose a more responsible way of dealing with it, like journaling about it or talking with a therapist about it, then the length of stay a...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>Fanning away the miasma of depression, one writing session or workout at a time</title>
                <link>https://beyond-the-mythic-glass.pckt.blog/fanning-away-the-miasma-of-depression-one-writing-session-or-workout-at-a-time-qd7a9a9</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Previously, I only snuck in an hour of writing maybe once a week, if I were lucky. I&#039;d write on a weekday, after dinner, when my spouse was playing video games, thinking, Well, this would be a good time to! But otherwise, I&#039;d spend most of the week upset with myself for not writing consistently. And for what? I don&#039;t publish that often (at least on my Substack), and my readership isn&#039;t huge, so it&#039;s not like there are people sitting at the edge of their seats for the next article I write. Even w...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title>End of Week 2 of training for 10k</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[CW: I talk about my weight and measurements (such as height and weight). If weight topics are sensitive, please take care while reading. 🧡 I was never athletic before a few years ago, and didn&#039;t take fitness seriously until two months ago. In high school, I never played sports because 1) I was poor, so I couldn&#039;t afford any gear or fees (my mom and I didn&#039;t have a vehicle either, so transportation to games wasn&#039;t an option), and 2) sports were for popular girls, of which I absolutely was not one...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 23:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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