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I didn’t just “work hard, play hard”; I worked like my self-worth depended on it (because it low-key kind of did).
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Twenty Years and Still Obsessed
There are a lot of ways to describe love, but for me, it boils down to one simple truth: I am still completely obsessed with…
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Why I Started Running (And Why 5.5 Miles on a Treadmill Is a Never-Ending Hamster Wheel of Death)
Look, I started running to cope with the stress of my healthcare career. Healthcare staffing through Covid and post-Covid is not for the weak. I…
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The Perils of the Long Run: 20 Laps of Monotony, Footballs, and My Slowly Deteriorating Sanity
Saturday, I ran 5 miles. On a track. For the uninitiated, that means 20 relentless laps around the same oval of pure mental torture. Twenty.Fucking.Laps.…
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Running My Way to Surgery (Because Apparently, You Can’t Just Nap Your Way There)
Listen, if there were a way to prepare for surgery that involved lying on the couch, binge-watching Netflix, and eating snacks, I’d be a gold-medal…
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I’m Marissa – the author behind this blog. I write about my life – work, kids, cancer – all with a nugget of realism and a little twinge of hope. Enjoy!
Playfully True: Notes from a Not-So-Graceful Life 