The hardest thing in the world for me is to be ok with people not liking me. I have always had this earnest desire to be Pollyanna, and have everyone I meet think that I am a lovely person. The problem with this is that when I turn myself inside out to make everyone happy, I almost never make myself happy. I am working to learn that I am not everyone’s cup of tea, and that that is ok. I am me. Some people will think that I am lovely person. Some people will think I am not. And a vast majority won’t think of me at all. So the person that I need to make happy is the one that I have to live with all day everyday, until the end – me.
Originally intended to simply focus on book reviews, over time, KaliDesautelsReads has morphed into its own entity.
I write about issues that are near to my heart, be they political, feminist, motherhood, mental health, or, as the title holds, books.
A thirty-something Canadian woman in my mid-thirties, I have been "super married" to my high school sweetheart since 2006, and together we have two crazy, clever, kind, hilarious, wonderful kids.
My first book - How Not To Blog: Finding Myself, One Post at a Time is available on Amazon (in eBook formats for you clever tech readers, and paperback for those of us who love that new book smell!)
I have tried a podcast - it's still on Apple and Google Podcasts - but writing is where my heart is.
My life changed dramatically when my husband was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer in 2018, and I am now a writer for a leading Canadian Cancer Non-Profit.
I am lucky enough to have a family that loves me and pushes me to be my best, even if it is outside of my cushiony comfort zone. I have a village of friends that nourish me, mentally, and spiritually.
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The hardest thing in the world for me is to be ok with people not liking me. I have always had this earnest desire to be Pollyanna, and have everyone I meet think that I am a lovely person. The problem with this is that when I turn myself inside out to make everyone happy, I almost never make myself happy. I am working to learn that I am not everyone’s cup of tea, and that that is ok. I am me. Some people will think that I am lovely person. Some people will think I am not. And a vast majority won’t think of me at all. So the person that I need to make happy is the one that I have to live with all day everyday, until the end – me.
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