Jan. 31st, 2018

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It's time for the continuing (...after a long hiatus, shush) adventures of Liz and her reading list! These are the books I read in January 2018. (Click on the cuts for summaries and reactions. I reserve the right to spoil all hell out of any book if spoilery bits are what I feel like talking about.)

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Strange Practice, by Vivian Shaw
---thoughts )

The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America, by Russell Shorto
---thoughts )

Triangle: The Fire That Changed America, by David Von Drehle
---thoughts )

The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails To Prosecute Executives, Jesse Eisinger
---thoughts )

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And now, dinner!
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When I got back on Celexa this past fall, my nurse practitioner recommended that I also find a therapist to see every now and then, mostly for help brainstorming and troubleshooting coping methods for when my executive dysfunction/utter lack of motivation gets especially bad.

Ironically, executive dysfunction and general dislike of making phone calls on my own behalf have conspired to keep me from finding a therapist... but I'm not sure I need one anymore, because now that medication has returned color and meaning to the world, my previously established coping methods are working again.

I can actually get through most of the stuff on my to-do lists! I am going to sleep at less ridiculous hours! I have even managed various small chores that weren't on my to-do lists, and which weren't avoidance tactics!

In fact, I not only continued writing and using my daily to-do lists, I made a monthly to-do list and got all but one item done.

Am I doing as much as I'd like to in an ideal world? No. But progress is progress, and I am pretty darn proud of what I've managed so far. :)

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