March 11 2025. This is my first post on my blog. It’s my intervention for stress, in the hopes I can corral all my stray thoughts and ideas, and at the same time get away from social media side of things. I have too many different notebooks, today’s internet is a predatory time waster, and I want somewhere to have both a paper-to-pixel rendition of my soul and an easy spot to share what I learn. I really hope I keep it up. I do a lot, then boil over, sacrifice one thing, feel better, then assume I can take on another thing. It’s like, really smart.

My name is Gum, I’m a 26 year old woman in New England, I’m a nurse in a psych facility, I’m a substitute teacher, I have a small business selling jewelry and paintings, I collect tamagotchis, I like waffles with peanut butter, or waffles with egg salad, my mom likes to bird watch from the porch, I use a candle warmer instead of lighting candles because my mom doesn’t want the house on fire, I like to read, my dog’s name is Wendy after The Shining, I like to poop in different public places not as a fetish but as an achievement hunter. Alright I’ll let you go.