Misadventures in Self-Care

Warning: the following tales are not actually self-care advice. They are, in fact, cautionary tales of self-care gone horribly wrong.

Join us on a journey through the darkest corners of self-loathing and self-doubt.

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This is a story about how I tried to practice self-care by taking a 3-hour power nap, but I woke up with a face full of cat hair and a strong sense of existential dread.