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  • Things I Didn't Ask My Breast Reduction Surgeon That I Should Have, But Didn't Know To
  • My Nexplanon Experience: Why I Removed it After Four Months
  • 5 Things That Changed After My Breast Reduction
  • My Breast Reduction
  • My First Bra Fitting After My Reduction
  • My Breast Reduction 5 Years Later
  • My Three Year Breast Reduction Anniversary
  • My Behavioral and Psychological Changes After My Breast Reduction
  • How to Say "No" to Selfish Friends
  • A Guide to Complaining When You and Everyone You Know is Emotionally Exhausted
  • Phone on a wooden back ground with the text "constructive complaining" "A guide to complaining when you and everyone you know is emotionally exhausted" "brettesbliss.blog"
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    A Guide to Complaining When You and Everyone You Know is Emotionally Exhausted

    April 22, 2020 /

    I don’t know about you, but I am emotionally exhausted. The global covid-19 pandemic is emotionally exhausting as much as it is scary. And if you are trying to be responsible and stay informed, the news updates everyday can be overwhelming. I have decided to go about my days expecting that everyone I know feels exactly the way I do (regardless of if they do or not). So what do you want to do when you are emotionally exhausted, lonely, and scared? You might want to scream and never stop screaming. You might want to escape to the nearest forested area, lie down, let the moss claim you, and become…

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    I Moved to Increase My Access to Opportunities.

    January 8, 2020

    Why I Have a Problem With Sarcasm

    August 26, 2019

    Welcome To Brette’s Bliss

    August 2, 2018
  • Breast Reduction Series

    The “Right” Reasons To Get a Breast Reduction

    September 18, 2019 /

    As someone who writes a lot about my breast reduction and is a huge advocate for the surgery, I get shitty people posting shitty comments that I always delete (I read and approve all comments on my content) because I don’t need that kind of negativity and no one else does. 100% of these comments are about the “right” reasons to get a breast reduction. This pisses me off to no end. When someone claims that there are “right reasons” to get a breast reduction, they are saying that most reasons are “wrong reasons.” The only wrong reason to choose a breast reduction (or augmentation for that matter) is when…

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    My Breast Reduction 5 Years Later

    July 8, 2020

    5 Things That Changed After My Breast Reduction

    January 29, 2018

    My Breast Reduction

    December 30, 2017
  • Habits,  Mental Health Series,  Simple Life Series

    Becoming a Good Enough-ist

    September 11, 2019 /

    Becoming a good enough-ist has allowed me to grow and learn and be the best I can be, being a perfectionist only made me a stagnated, selfish and unreasonable person. Now, perfectionism isn't "good enough" for me.

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    My Nail Biting Habit

    October 6, 2018
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    My Skin Care Routine After Nexplanon.

    August 29, 2020
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    How To Read More Often

    August 31, 2018
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    Why I Have a Problem With Sarcasm

    August 26, 2019 /

    Sarcasm can be mean, it can be unhealthy, and can hurt relationships; yet so many people treat sarcasm as a personality trait synonymous with cool, clever, and witty. I have a problem with sarcasm for a variety of reasons; primarily because a lot of people use sarcasm inappropriately and cause a lot of damage in the process. My main reasons for hating sarcasm are these: people use it as a weapon and an excuse for bad social skills, it’s bad communication, it’s an unhealthy coping mechanism, and people treat it like a personality trait. Sarcasm as a Weapon The definition of sarcasm from Merriam-Webster is: a sharp and often satirical…

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    A Guide to Complaining When You and Everyone You Know is Emotionally Exhausted

    April 22, 2020

    Why I quit Cheer leading, and Why I Don’t Want My Children to be Cheerleaders

    March 11, 2018
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    I Moved to Increase My Access to Opportunities.

    January 8, 2020
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    Make it a Habit: How To Consume Media Critically and Carefully

    July 22, 2019 /

    As we get closer to the 2020 election and potential presidential candidates are out campaigning, we are sure to start hearing conflicting stories, dissenting opinions, and mudslinging (something that has happened for hundreds of years in politics). I am someone who works in media (broadcast, and now formerly print) and consumes media, I can confidently say that how we consume media and where we get it is important to how we form opinions and arguments (which are not the same thing BTW). Something I hear all the time in class, at work, and in social settings is that the media is evil and has an agenda. While yes there is…

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    My Simple Skin Care Routine

    December 13, 2018

    I’m Kicking My Phone Addiction

    August 25, 2018

    Phone Addiction Update: Week one

    September 1, 2018
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    Book club: The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir

    February 6, 2019 /

    The Book of Essie By Meghan MacLean Weir Published June 2018 I borrowed this book from my local library. Get a library card and use it! This review contains slight spoilers and references to sex abuse I really loved this book. I couldn’t put it down. I know most people say that about the books they read but I generally have no problem putting a book down and walking away if it bores me in the slightest. Often I don’t pick books back up. For the Book of Essie I sat down around 10 a and began reading. I closed the book around 6 p that evening having stopped only…

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    Book Club: The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo

    January 2, 2019
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    Book Club: The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo

    January 2, 2019 /

    The Way You Make Me Feel By Maurene Goo Published August 2018 I borrowed this book from my local library’s young adult section. Get a library card and use it! This review may include spoilers. I don’t do “number” or “star” ratings because I think those systems are arbitrary and vague. The first half gave me the warm and fuzzies about friendship, the second half made me kick my feet and squeal like a teenager because it was so cute! First of all, this book was

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    Book club: The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir

    February 6, 2019
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    My Favorite Things About Winter

    December 31, 2018 /

    I hope everyone is as excited for the new year as I am! As I promised in My Favorite Things About Fall post, I am blogging about my favorite things about winter. I love winter, it’s my favorite time of the year and there are so many reasons why. I included my top five in this list so this post didn’t become a 30 page essay on why I love winter. Without further ado, let’s get into it.

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    Why I Don’t Eat Almonds or Dairy

    December 3, 2018
    Sunshine Blogger Award

    Sunshine Blogger Award

    September 28, 2018
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    How I Care For My Diabetic Cat

    December 17, 2018
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    My Thoughts on Christmas

    December 24, 2018 /

    love winter, but I've never really loved Christmas. I find christmas movies obnoxious and christmas music grating like nails on a chalkboard. I hate red and green together, and the insane consumerism surrounding at least America's Christmas is absurd.

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    August 2, 2018
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    December 31, 2018
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    A Guide to Complaining When You and Everyone You Know is Emotionally Exhausted

    April 22, 2020
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    Why it Should be Okay to be an “Attention Seeker”

    October 27, 2018 /

    Why is being an attention seeker perceived as a negative thing? Why can I be an attention seeker in my writing but not in my life? Why do we shame and resent people who need more or a different kind of attention than we do? 

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    Getting Motivated: How to Make Tiny Changes in Your Life to Get Back the Motivation You Lost

    October 30, 2019
    "Are you living the life you want to live?"

    Discover The Life You Want To Live

    July 19, 2018

    I Tricked Myself into being Comfortable With My Body

    June 21, 2020

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