I underestimate what it takes; what it takes to run on less sleep than I prefer, what it takes to climb when the rest of my body is tired, what it takes to lift when I’m already spent. I underestimate what it takes to be present for each and every moment of my day; each …
Don’t be in such a hurry, Alison. I wish that novelty came from my own sense of wellness, but it didn’t. It came from an external source, a voice of reason, that can have an unbiased and unattached observation of my running away from whatever it is I am afraid, which usually results in a …
For many of us, the Holidays are hard. For me, Christmas especially. I don’t know what it is (other than the litany of movies and societal notions and childhood fantasies imprinted in my mind), but I have this Hallmarkesque idea in my head of how things should be, how they should look, and how they …
Everyone seeks. Not everyone tells. I tell it. It was hard to pick a website name. You wouldn’t think it’d be that serious, but if you know me, I tend to make everything that fucking serious and that is both an asset, and a liability. My old website was easy: alisonhaase.com. Plan A was to …
Welcome. Thank you for sharing this space with me, and for allowing me the opportunity to open some doors that you may not have believed were available to you. The intention of this blog is to be real, to relay my experiences as they have happened and continue to happen as I perceive them to …