Author Archives: tanishaoranchuk

Alright folks. 2021, here we are! We are now ONE MONTH (and a bit – let a girl live okay?) into this new world that we only dreamt would magically change this global pandemic chaos, and yet, 11:59 turned into 2021 and we are all STILL here. So what do we do? Do we stillContinue reading “New Year… New Neesh? Really?”

COVID-19 restrictions are something that leave us all a little weary on what’s right and wrong. Somehow, everything still seems just a liiiiittle bit illegal, doesn’t it? Here in Alberta, our restrictions are strict. However, we are sitting at a 9.2% positivity rate in the entire province – which means we have higher positive caseContinue reading “What Are the Rules Again??”

Does anybody really know what they are doing?  I’m beginning to understand that the answer to this is: No. I have spent years upon years developing my understanding of the human brain. People’s understanding of this so-called-thing called life, how they react to it, why they do and just what it is that makes eachContinue reading “Adulthood: Part 3”

***    I don’t often believe in making trigger warnings, I feel that people should read the hard stuff to be able to handle the reality of this world. However, I can’t imagine forcing somebody to read the hard stuff while likely expecting my usual therefore PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE DISCUSSION ABOUT TO HAPPEN INContinue reading “Mental Health: The Truth”

   COVID19 incinerated out population, it devastated our economies, and ruined our world. That is, if you look at it from the standard POV on every news station that we so desperately latch onto. Yes, it took us all away from our jobs, which then caused us to lose income and if you’re anything likeContinue reading “COVID-19 Made my Year”

 Hello you, yes you. You know who you are.      You know who you are because we had been in love once. We fell quickly, we got lost in the world we had created that seemed to exist only when it was you and I. One day, you thought we had it all right, youContinue reading “A Letter to the One(s) I Ran Away From”

I feel as though I am relatively hard on myself. My entire life I have always been angry with my productivity, my progress, my successes. I feel as though I have always given in to the stressors that have inevitably caused me to fail. I would blame myself in various ways; You’re not focused enough.Continue reading “I Thought I had a PhD in Self Awareness”

I know what you’re thinking. “It’s not you it’s me” is heavily played out by now. We’ve all heard it time and time again in our lives, from that first significant other that broke your heart, to the very last thing that you thought of saying to the last SO when you broke theirs. ThoseContinue reading “It’s Definitely NOT You”

I always called myself a runner. One who decides that handling the mere thought of emotion would be more devastating than uprooting my life and entirely changing who I was. I embraced change. I handle change. I’m good at change. Emotion? Fear? Insecurity? That, I do not do. I have been attempting to delve intoContinue reading “Roadrunner”