Based on a daytime rumination. The 14th was my day off. And I took this opportunity to splurge for stuff I half-need, half-want just to leave the house. And it got me thinking… When am I going to realize buying material items isn’t going to feed the hunger rumbling in my proverbial belly? One of […]
Nightly Write #2
It’s funny how I’ve kept a journal since I was in first grade. And yet oversharing on the internet has helped me create more concise thoughts than journaling in private has in the past few years. Lately I’ve been trying to understand what’s contributing to my agitation with work. Besides the obvious: waking up at […]
Nightly Write #1
Starting now, KMUAN is also a late-night ranting space. With that being said, I’m trying to understand. I work at a grocery store now. Part of my job used to be to radio the manager every time a person walks in the store without a mask on. They would then approach the customer and politely […]
1 Year on this Blog
It’s been a while since I last posted. But I am here to celebrate the fact that a year ago, I created this blog Keeps Me Up At Night at the height of my post-college unemployed/job hunting phase. The reason I started this blog is to create a space to coherently write about things I […]
Vexation of Spirit
Good evening! I just want to share a nonsensical sequence of thoughts I had last Wednesday after signing new-hire paperwork to work part-time, seven days a week between seven to seven. I’m getting ahead of myself. I got hired part-time at a grocery store. Yeah, it was official-ish last Wednesday. The I spent Valentine’s day […]