Stability Is A Suggestion

 This blog almost didn’t happen. Not because I didn’t want to write it, but because I know myself. I am not historically excellent at long-term consistency. I am, however, very good at getting deeply invested in something, buying all the metaphorical supplies, and then… quietly moving on while the project sits there, unfinished, judging me. This is not just a blog problem. This is a life pattern. Crafts, projects, hobbies; you name it. At any given time, I probably have at least one abandoned “this is my new thing” sitting somewhere in my house. And this isn’t even my first attempt at blogging. I once started a blog to document diet and exercise, thinking public accountability would magically turn me into a consistent person. It did not. I also started a blog while processing my brother’s death. That one started with intention, but eventually felt like I was circling the same thoughts over and over again, just using slightly different words. So yeah, history suggested ...

  Hello, world. 👋 I’m Jenn. By day, I’m an IT professional. But always, I’m someone who manages mental illness. I was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder in 2015, which was both clarifying and inconvenient, but mostly clarifying. This blog exists because I want to talk about mental health in a way that’s honest, practical, and not wrapped in inspirational posters or toxic positivity. I live a functional, productive life—and I’m also not okay all the time. Both of those things can be true at once. The name Stability Is a Suggestion comes from my growing realization that “stability” is a wildly subjective concept. What feels stable to me might look questionable to someone else. What looks unstable on the outside may actually be a carefully engineered system held together with routines, medication, self-awareness, and the occasional sense of humor. So what does it even mean to be stable? And who decided that, anyway? Mental health and mental illness deserve more open discuss...