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hannahbmakes.bsky.social
ETERNALLY EXISTENTIAL on Substack. Writer & storyteller. Living a Creative Life, Healing & Humaning, Learning & Growing. She/Her I was heyheyhannahb on the bird app.
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I’m proud of myself for being vulnerable in sharing this experience with the world. & I’m proud I was able to articulate such a deeply profound experience, both in writing it & in recording the audio. I’d be honored if you’d read/listen. eternallyexistential.substack.com/p/reincarnat...

I’ve had trichotillomania since I was 10. It’s been a coping mechanism to help me regulate through anxiety. I’ve tried to stop over the years, but I’ve just learned to accept it & now I go w/ its ebb & flow & show myself compassion. If I have any eyelashes in this day and age, it’s truly a miracle.

I’ve been journaling digitally for yrs but I’m working on getting memories out of the digital sphere. I’m slowly printing out my digital journal but moving forward, I’m back to old school pen & paper. The joy from writing with a fountain pen on the perfect textured paper is indescribable.

Idk if the billionaires have never seen Don’t Look Up, but the rich people that think they can escape earth to start over on another planet get eaten by bird aliens in the end so…

“I don’t know if what I’m doing really matters.” That’s the lie I’ve been fighting off as a creative person lately. I know I can’t be the only one. In a world that’s on fire, my work as a writer & storyteller feels frivolous when actual dangerous things are happening. But the truth that I know,🧵

I did past-life regression hypnotherapy. What it is and what made me decide to do it: open.substack.com/pub/eternall...

"It was compelling. It made sense. But even though I had released my claws from their death grip on my Christian faith, I was so indoctrinated to believe that something like reincarnation does not exist. I was working on embracing mystery so I just held it…open." open.substack.com/pub/eternall...

If you have space, I highly recommend leaving a puzzle out in a communal area of your home. We’ve done this the past few wks & it facilitates connection with people in your house. We all randomly stop to puzzle & end up spending time talking together. It also helps keep attn away frm doom scrolling.

“Yet here I am, thousands of years later, learning about this unknown, nameless “rich & powerful” ruler while carrying a basket of dirty underwear to my laundry room. It’s a stark reminder that power & wealth don’t matter at all in the grand scheme of time.” open.substack.com/pub/eternall...

Been working outside this afternoon at a favorite coffee shop. Weather is stunning, bestie👇🏻is here, and I forgot my earbuds but I’m only mildly distracted.

“As I read those words aloud, it was the moment my gut said I was free to leave. I wasn’t angry. I simply realized that I no longer believed these words. I could choose to believe them. But I no longer wanted to spend my energy placing my faith in these beliefs.” open.substack.com/pub/eternall...

I told my kids (11yo twins) I was going to do a dramatic reading of the announcements in their take home folder from school. You should know this about me: I half-ass nothing. “Kids running club is *cue real tears* canceled this week.” One kid laughed so hard, Dr. Pepper came out their nose.

I’ve been exploring around here & there’s so many familiar faces from the bird app! It makes my heart happy! I deleted my bird account when it was sold and I’ve missed having a place like what that app used to be. I met so many amazing people over there across the years. Here’s to doing that here!🍻

At the grocery store they only had 18 count eggs for $11. I stood thinking of where I could subtract elsewhere from the grocery budget. An older couple walked up & the wife gasped & then let out a defeated sigh. “I guess we’re skipping eggs this week. We don’t have $11 for eggs.” My heart broke.