Megan Baker (Left Vocal in 2023)
Bio
A fun spin on her last name, Baker enjoyed creating "Baker's Dozen" lists for various topics! She also wrote candidly about her mental health & a LOT of fiction. Discontinued writing on Vocal in 2023 as Vocal is a fruitless venture.
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Baker's Dozen: 100 Post Edition
I suppose I should be excited; I've finally created 100 posts on Vocal. But... I'm not excited, or even remotely happy at hitting that long-awaited mark. If anything, I'm disheartened, frustrated, and really questioning just how much longer I will be on the site, or in what capacity if I do stay. Host of reasons, but not the main topic of this piece. Though, in rereading, I did put a number of jabs in; I've been chomping at the bit to write out exactly why I'm so fed up writing here for nearly a year. Soon; but not yet.
By Megan Baker (Left Vocal in 2023)3 years ago in Journal
I Finally Won Something on Vocal!
Two years and ~100 pieces of work on Vocal have finally paid off! I guess I finally wrote something worthwhile! Too bad it's still so little... So many hours wasted. I'll never get those hours I spent on articles back...
By Megan Baker (Left Vocal in 2023)3 years ago in Fiction
Baker's Dozen: My Favorite 13 Tapestries in 2023 (So Far). Top Story - June 2023.
Trying to find things that are calming to me or make me happy is one of my goals I've set with my psychologist this year. It's hard to feel relaxed and comfortable when your brain never shuts up and your body is always tensed up. If I'm not berating myself with that infamous inner critic, I'm having nightmares or insomnia or clenching my jaw until my teeth hurt - there's just no peace in me. I've never been one for meditation, so the best I can do right now is improve the home atmosphere. Make it somewhere I want to come home to and where I can really relax. But I don't really know what that is for me yet; a lot of emotions are either practically screaming - so loud - or they're really nuanced and hard for me to grasp sometimes.
By Megan Baker (Left Vocal in 2023)3 years ago in Art
