Category Archives: Blogging

Recap for May

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In the month of May I posted 11 entries, I started two new blog series’ which are Saturday Share Day where I post updates on books I am reading and new authors that I have found. And The Personal Series where I post about things that have happened to me personally. The entries you should check out if you already haven’t are:

http://jolene.thislove.nu/2018/05/product-review-indian-healing-clay/

http://jolene.thislove.nu/2018/05/dont-take-my-kindness-for-weakness-the-personal-series/

http://jolene.thislove.nu/2018/05/saturday-share-day-day-1/

http://jolene.thislove.nu/2018/05/survey-site-review-onepoll/

http://jolene.thislove.nu/2018/05/personal-update/

 

Personal Update

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I have been dealing with a respiratory infection for the past two weeks which has made it extremely difficult for me to be on the computer for long periods of time doing anything more then checking email. I have been sleeping a lot, doing a lot of breathing treatments and binge watching tv shows, movies and reading.

The up and down weather and all the rain has also left me in a lot of pain, my knees have been bothering me something fierce. I can make promises about blogging more but honestly I never know what I will be doing or what will come up so I won’t bother. If you subscribe to updates via email, you will get my entries in your email..otherwise keep checking my social media, Links get shared every time I post.

Now that it is warmer outside I want to get outside and do some walking, I gained a bit of weight over the winter and i’m not happy with myself. It’s more painful the heavier I am on my knees and harder for me to breathe. I also want to quit smoking and be smoke free by August.

 

April Recap and May Post Goals

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In April I posted five times and was dealing with a lot of offline stress, for May I am starting a new job and will be busy with that. I want to get at least one survey site review done and two product reviews.

I did four survey site reviews last month:

http://jolene.thislove.nu/2018/04/survey-site-review-yougov/

http://jolene.thislove.nu/2018/04/survey-site-review-telluwut/

http://jolene.thislove.nu/2018/04/survey-site-review-mysoapbox/

http://jolene.thislove.nu/2018/04/survey-site-review-product-report-card/

 

 

March Recap & Post Goals for April

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March was an off month, I ordered a new laptop in the beginning of the month and was waiting for it to get here. I reconnected with an old friend whose going through a hard time and have been spending a lot of time with her. I blogged nine times in March, these are the four entries you should check out.

 

http://jolene.thislove.nu/2018/03/appwebsite-review-pluto-tv/

http://jolene.thislove.nu/2018/03/five-book-related-subscription-boxes-i-want-to-try/

http://jolene.thislove.nu/2018/03/seven-little-known-facts/

http://jolene.thislove.nu/2018/03/i-hate-this/

 

 

For April I’m going to post at least once a week and get two survey site reviews done and at least one product review. I have some appointments set up for this month and am waiting on the social security decision and whether I have to appeal again, to go before a judge this time. Happy Easter to those who celebrate and Happy Fools day to those who don’t.

I’m Around

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I bought a used computer last week which got here Friday, I was going to use it for parts to fix mine but the screen on this one is broken too. I am able to use it though and I got it for eighty dollars so…

I am trying to stay on top of my email, I may have to do a mass delete of my personal one. SO bought me a kindle fire a couple weeks ago, I have the seven so I have been doing a lot of reading and playing Sims Mobile which I like way better then Freeplay. I was able to install the sims 4 on this laptop and I bought the Laundry stuff pack but I haven’t really played yet.

I have been on twittter and on a couple of groups on facebook.

February recap and post goals for March

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I was planning to post this yesterday but I didn’t get around to it.

February Recap

In February, I posted Seven entries. There are three that I think that you should check out.

 

This mistake can land you in hot water

Five things I wish everyone understood ; Living with panic disorder

Five things that annoy tall women

 

February was a stressful month for me, my laptop died. I bought a kindle fire so I can continue to keep my blog up to date. I was able to change doctors and get medication. I was also approached by the developers of an email application to become an influencer for them.

 

Post Goals for March

I have a lot on my plate with my health, Mental and Otherwise.

I hope to post once a week, I have some plans to do some product reviews. Notably the windows 10 email client review.

 

 

As always, Old visitors thank you for visiting and for new visitors I hope that you give me a chance.

 

January Recap & Post Goals for February

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I started this month by planning out blog posts and wanting to post twice a week which worked for about two weeks and then I was lucky if I posted once a week. I started seeing a new doctor, going back to mental health services and meeting with my new care manager. That being said, I hate my new psychiatrist who feels I don’t have any of the things I was previously diagnosed with and my real problem is lack of sleep. He hasn’t put me on any meds besides a sleeping pill so I’m still having panic attacks, still having a hallucinations, still having depression. He has been a psychiatrist for forty years and I have been living in my body for thirty-four but I don’t know anything. It would have helped at my first appointment if he was more worried about my symptoms then why I can’t see my son.

I posted eight times in January, these are the posts I think you should check out:

http://jolene.thislove.nu/2018/01/23/seven-things-other-people-do-that-annoy-me/

http://jolene.thislove.nu/2018/01/08/why-i-blog-and-why-i-chose-the-name-mental-affliction/

http://jolene.thislove.nu/2018/01/05/five-things-i-am-doing-to-make-my-life-better-in-2018/

 

In February I hope to post twice a week, but some weeks I may post more or less depending on appointments and such. I have posts planned until March and I ordered another planner that I hope to dedicate to just blogging. I also plan on doing a couple of survey site reviews and product reviews in the coming months. If you are a new reader I hope to stay awhiile, if you are an old reader..glad you are still here.

Top Three Favorite Blogs

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When I have free time and I’m not writing a blog, doing surveys, spending time on twitter or playing the sims, these are the sites I like to go on when I’m bored and why.

http://flyhighrocketship.net/

Her blog has a colorful design, it’s organized and she writes about interesting things. She responds to comments which I also like. When a blog owner takes the time to respond to a comment you feel like you’re connected.

http://anywhere-is.net/

She is one of the few blog owners that has been around as long as I have (since the late 90’s) that is the main reason I like her blog. Her blog is interesting, I like reading it.

https://realwaystoearnmoneyonline.com/

This blog is the only one I trust for work at home opportunities or ways to earn money online besides surveys. She has a biweekly newsletter so if you are interested subscribe to that.

 

This entry is really short, Monday’s should be longer. Check out the above sites.

Upcoming blog posts

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I got my planner & pens in the mail today and have decided to only blog two days a week; Mondays and Fridays for the reason being that it burns me out if I plan to blog more then that. I have posts planned out until the end of February starting tomorrow and on the last day of the month every month regardless of what day it falls on will be a blog post recap for that month. For the next three Friday’s posts ; January 12th, 19th & 26th will be three favorite’s posts, On the 29th I plan to post a seven things that people do to annoy me post.

For the Mondays blog posts they revolve around the sims 4, if you don’t play or aren’t interested in the game…then stay away on Mondays I guess. At least for the month of January. I hope that by planning my posts out two months in advance, I can keep myself motivated to blog and grow this one up like I did Nocturnal Dreams.

I want to try to do a couple of giveaway’s this year, possibly one that doesn’t have to do with the sims. For my readers who continue to come back and show support on twitter by sharing my blog post links..Thank you so much. I hope new readers will stick around and give me a chance.

Why I blog and Why I chose the name Mental Affliction

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I originally started blogging in 1998 when I was sixteen years old and a junior in high school, I had been dealing with depression and anxiety since middle school and up to that point I had used writing poetry as an escape. My dad worked for a company that built computers and later he co-owned a local internet provider so we have always had computers in our house, and we have had the internet since 1996. My dad had given me a book on HTML in 1997 and I taught myself the basics and started my own website, blogging by hand. this was before wordpress existed. 

I soon found that expressing myself online was therapy for me, I found people who were as honest and open as me and I made a lot of friends who also owned personal sites or blogs. Many of whom aren’t around anymore. I couldn’t be as open as I was online, at home. My family didn’t believe I had anything mentally wrong with me, I was constantly told that it was all in my head. I had friends but with them I liked to pretend I was normal and have fun with them. Online I could be myself.

I continued to blog until 2009 when my computer crashed and I stopped but only because I had to. In 2014 I bought myself a laptop and I missed owning a personal/blog site so I decided to open Nocturnal Dreams and was happy and hosted for two years until the domain I was hosted at expired and my site went down.

When I moved to thislove.nu I wanted a fresh start with a new name, I chose Mental Affliction. Affliction is a state of grief or suffering. Mental affliction is a state of suffering that is internal. I can not think of better name for this blog, I have been dealing with internal suffering (depression, anxiety, ect) for a long time, I have used unhealthy methods to cope and for now this blog is my outlet just as writing used to be.

I blog because this is my outlet, my place where I can be myself and not be judged.