A Look Back on My Twitter Experiment – Part 1

On March 11, 2022, I decided to start a bit of an experiment on Twitter. I posted the following Tweet: Tweet from 3/11/2022 at 12:23 PM | Sarah Scarnato | @SrahLady | Tweet text reads:"I struggle to see myself in a positive light. I tend to focus on what I can't do, or ways I've…

Program… Complete?

I finished it! Last night was my last workout in the 8-week program I started. And... wow. My arms hurt. More importantly, though? I feel accomplished. I truly did not think that I could do the program. Like I had said in my earlier post, I was convinced I hated exercise, and that I would…

Screaming

I'm struggling with something, and because I have ADHD and I don't have a simple way to put it, I'm gonna go off a bit. On the one hand, I have the compulsion to create and share. I want to write and make art and sing and play instruments and crochet and bake and on…

Parenting moments: TV, Cleaning Up, and Teachable Moments

Today (and every day), I’m grateful for the show Bluey for giving me a way to relate something to my child. In one episode, Bandit (the dad) takes a lot of Bluey’s drawings to the dump, and the kids are very upset. But then he explains to them that her drawings will be mashed up…

One Month In

Last night, I completed the final day of the fourth week of exercises in the program I started. I’m surprised and happy I’ve made it this far. I never thought I’d be able to do any sort of “serious” weightlifting, and or anything involving a barbell. But now I’m doing squats and dumbbell bench presses.…

Week One is Done

I finished up week one of my workout program today. I was supposed to work out Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. I tend to work out in the evenings, because that’s when I’m more awake and have the time to devote to it. Unfortunately, Saturday night I fell asleep SUPER early. I don’t know what specifically…

Nervous New Beginnings

Content Warning for talks about weight loss, fitness, diet and food intake, self-worth, mental health, and physical health. Remember: you are enough with who you are and where you are right now. ❤️ I’m starting a new fitness program. I’m nervous. Some context: In March of 2020, a couple things happened. My family went to…

essence of lies

A bell tinkled cheerfully as I entered the shop and I looked up, startled. There it was--not an electronic device, but an actual bell that hung so the door would cause it to ring when someone opened or closed it. Hmm, I thought. That wasn't there three weeks ago... I looked around to see if…

where will it be found?

deepunderthe blue wavesof the oceanit hides, waiting foryou, ready to take your thoughts, being, your soulalways readywhen you leastexpectit highoverbuildings andtrees and mountainsit's always there, toowhen you're alone and weakit always finds youvulnerableeven whenyou feelstrong one,two, threesteps awayahead? behind?above or below?do you have the courageto find out this time?find it beforeit finds you?do youdare? therein…

Learning Barriers

So, I know I said I wanted to do those daily blog post challenges. Unfortunately, I got kinda stuck on one, and I haven't moved on since. I'm working on that, and my goal is to get them done. But it brought up some things that I wanted to mention. Part of the reason I'm…