Current priorities:
- Take care of my health.
- Take care of my kid.
- Take care of my home.
- Figure out how I can help primary caregivers on a grand scale.
In past crises, our leaders have been quick to bail out the banks. They made sure the airlines got rescued. But moms, in the middle of an unprecedented crisis, aren’t getting the relief they need.
- Reshma Saujani in the Marshall Plan For Moms newsletter
I’m about to log off for the night but I want to talk about #StarTrekProdigy so tell me about your favorite bits and I’ll reply tomorrow! (Replies may contain spoilers.) 🖖🏻📺💻
Want to read: They Drown Our Daughters by Katrina Monroe 📚
I have a cool idea. What if, in addition to having a mental health summit, the university committed time and money to improving mental health services - not just crisis services, but all of them?
M and I decorated some sugar cookies this evening.
If you’re a person who would be interested in a virtual co-working space for parents, could you kindly let me know? Thanks! (I’m thinking Discord or Gather for the platform.)
I should add: the space would be free unless the membership got so big an upgrade to the hosting would be required, in which case it would be run at cost.
Thanks to Jennifer Polk’s co-working session, I made big progress on a paper revision today. 📝
🔖 Lee Skallerup Bessette’s You Can Ask for Mental-Health Help, but Can You Find Any? is crucial reading. It hits extra hard in the wake of a clear mental health crisis at the school I graduated from (4 times). 🧠
M: Can we keep playing Breath of the Wild [pretend, not the video game]?
Me: Wait, we’re playing Breath of the Wild? Oops! I was playing Ocarina of Time.