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Leaving Twitter

he question of leaving Twitter has been brewing for many months now. While I can be very reactionary, when I know there are knock-on effects for me, or it impacts others, I try to take my time. I...
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Profile: Fibro Jedi

Find out a bit more about Fibro Jedi, his background, interests and more. Connect with me over Social Media, explore my world, and more →...
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Website Server Move Notice

Before getting into the boring stuff, I want to say thank you for giving me this "problem"! It's because of you people using my website so much that I need to take the next step in improving the syste...
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So Much To Do

A random post explaining how the content I make here will change soonish, what my focus is and what I will/won't be doing →...
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Why Are People Anonymous on Twitter?

I write under a pseudonym on Social Media. So why are people anonymous on Twitter - and what are my reasons? Here you go! →...
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WorldAnvil Review for Fantasy Writing

How I moved my fantasy world-building over to World Anvil to take advantage of their tools to enhance my writing....
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Meet my Patreon Supporters!

Everyone in the world relies on someone or something to be able to live. Even the most independent people may still have a job, or want a home delivery or need to see friends. It's just part of how we...
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Like Butter Scraped Over Too Much Bread

In recent years, most major life changes can be traced to being caused by, or massively-influenced by, health crashes. There are exceptions of course, the birth of NJ simply coincided with a total...
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An Introvert in a Digital Extrovert's Clothing

Chronic moaners aside, we live in an extrovert's and optimist's world. Posts saying "look at this amazing thing" are more attractive than "I did a thing, look if you want". Charismatic, outspoken lead...
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I Don't Have Three Hands

A few days ago, I had three drinks I needed to carry up to my office. I took one drink in each hand and told my three-year-old daughter I would be popping down for the last one. Her response to mos...
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It's Okay to Not Be Okay - an Update from FJ

It's okay to not be okay is a phrase that has long been part of how chronically-ill people relate to each other. However, it's only been in the last year or so that it has gained prominance. Even the...
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In There Somewhere - A Poem About My Mum Behind the Dementia

As at the point of drafting this, my Mum is in likely last-stage Alzheimer's Disease. She's had, as I see it, rapid-onset dementia because a couple of years ago all she had was poor memory. We don't k...
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I Will Respawn - My Decision to Stop Streaming

I am in the process of drafting a cross-game blog post this week. In it are various life lessons reinforced by those games. But I have to remind myself of one in particular: defeat is nothing to be as...
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When Social Media is a Force for Good

Social Media often hits the news for all the wrong reasons - and we do need to address those. But I'm not giving the negatives any airtime here, because I want to celebrate when Social Media is a forc...
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You Behind the Illness - Who Am I Underneath the Fibromyalgia?

This "You behind the illness" post lets you get to know me better behind the pain, depression & anxiety >>...
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A Need to Focus and Not to Focus

My first blog post here on Fibro Jedi dates back to 11th August 2015, a crazy 2½ years ago. As with my Twitter account, it was originally set up to vent into the Void about living in Chronic Pa...
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Happy Christmas from the Jedi

I have finally finished work for 2015 and am taking virutally a virtual holiday. You guys and girls have blown me away with social media follows, tweets/retweets, comments and have taken this wee site...
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