Andrea Holme
@andreaholme.bsky.social
Yarn crafter, writer. Words at https://andreaholmewrites.substack.com
Board member at http://nowsherises.org.
I believe Jesus, women, and science. Anglican 5w4
Board member at http://nowsherises.org.
I believe Jesus, women, and science. Anglican 5w4
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Andrea Holme
@andreaholme.bsky.social
· Aug 26
The Unseen Burdens
Part 3 of 6 - Mental Load and the Neverending Exhaustion
andreaholmewrites.substack.com
In other news, today I published a Substack post!
I'm still talking about abundance and scarcity, and this time I'm looking at mental load.
Shout out to everyone who carries too much, keeps tight control, and is very tired.
andreaholmewrites.substack.com/p/the-unseen...
I'm still talking about abundance and scarcity, and this time I'm looking at mental load.
Shout out to everyone who carries too much, keeps tight control, and is very tired.
andreaholmewrites.substack.com/p/the-unseen...
Happy Thanksgiving! I have no plans beyond parade and dog show watching, cooking a small dinner, and paining games with the girls later.
I'm here allllll day for moral support as you deal with family members, including judgment of behavior of siblings and exes!
I'm here allllll day for moral support as you deal with family members, including judgment of behavior of siblings and exes!
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! I have no plans beyond parade and dog show watching, cooking a small dinner, and paining games with the girls later.
I'm here allllll day for moral support as you deal with family members, including judgment of behavior of siblings and exes!
I'm here allllll day for moral support as you deal with family members, including judgment of behavior of siblings and exes!
Happy Friday! Where have you found or created beauty in your corners of the world this week?
I started making this blanket during surgery recovery, finished it this week, and my dog immediately claimed it. But she will share it with me sometimes 😂
What are your joys from this week?
I started making this blanket during surgery recovery, finished it this week, and my dog immediately claimed it. But she will share it with me sometimes 😂
What are your joys from this week?
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Happy Friday! Where have you found or created beauty in your corners of the world this week?
I started making this blanket during surgery recovery, finished it this week, and my dog immediately claimed it. But she will share it with me sometimes 😂
What are your joys from this week?
I started making this blanket during surgery recovery, finished it this week, and my dog immediately claimed it. But she will share it with me sometimes 😂
What are your joys from this week?
This is STRESSFUL
November 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This is STRESSFUL
Let's bring this back! Where have you found or created beauty this week?
I spent last weekend in the mountains for a church retreat. The fall colors were vibrant, but the best part was the time spent connecting with the other women, laughing, crying, praying together.
Your turn! Show me your joys!
I spent last weekend in the mountains for a church retreat. The fall colors were vibrant, but the best part was the time spent connecting with the other women, laughing, crying, praying together.
Your turn! Show me your joys!
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Let's bring this back! Where have you found or created beauty this week?
I spent last weekend in the mountains for a church retreat. The fall colors were vibrant, but the best part was the time spent connecting with the other women, laughing, crying, praying together.
Your turn! Show me your joys!
I spent last weekend in the mountains for a church retreat. The fall colors were vibrant, but the best part was the time spent connecting with the other women, laughing, crying, praying together.
Your turn! Show me your joys!
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May all this present badness crumble and fall away so that the good and beautiful can grow in its place.
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
May all this present badness crumble and fall away so that the good and beautiful can grow in its place.
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If you are in need (SNAP, WIC, furloughed, unemployed) please make an Amazon wish list with food items, hygiene products, & cleaning products.
Share it using #MyNeedsList so others can send you something to help out during this difficult time.
(The link to #MyNeedsList is in the comments.)
Share it using #MyNeedsList so others can send you something to help out during this difficult time.
(The link to #MyNeedsList is in the comments.)
November 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If you are in need (SNAP, WIC, furloughed, unemployed) please make an Amazon wish list with food items, hygiene products, & cleaning products.
Share it using #MyNeedsList so others can send you something to help out during this difficult time.
(The link to #MyNeedsList is in the comments.)
Share it using #MyNeedsList so others can send you something to help out during this difficult time.
(The link to #MyNeedsList is in the comments.)
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Good morning, beloved.
You cannot save the world.
But you can help.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
You cannot save the world.
But you can help.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
October 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Good morning, beloved.
You cannot save the world.
But you can help.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
You cannot save the world.
But you can help.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Umm hey! I had my appendix out Thursday evening. I'm home and recovering really well.
I'm sitting under a Bob Ross blanket sent by a friend, because internet friends are real friends. But I'm also looking at a bouquet brought by a local friend who coordinated getting my car back to my house.
I'm sitting under a Bob Ross blanket sent by a friend, because internet friends are real friends. But I'm also looking at a bouquet brought by a local friend who coordinated getting my car back to my house.
October 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Umm hey! I had my appendix out Thursday evening. I'm home and recovering really well.
I'm sitting under a Bob Ross blanket sent by a friend, because internet friends are real friends. But I'm also looking at a bouquet brought by a local friend who coordinated getting my car back to my house.
I'm sitting under a Bob Ross blanket sent by a friend, because internet friends are real friends. But I'm also looking at a bouquet brought by a local friend who coordinated getting my car back to my house.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you did your best at the time. Even if you know better now, that was your best then, and it counts. Give your younger self grace and carry her with you, forgiven, into a better future.
October 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you did your best at the time. Even if you know better now, that was your best then, and it counts. Give your younger self grace and carry her with you, forgiven, into a better future.
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“You are not alone, and this will not last forever.”
- Jessica Kantrowitz
- Jessica Kantrowitz
October 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“You are not alone, and this will not last forever.”
- Jessica Kantrowitz
- Jessica Kantrowitz
I have switched to the Seahawks game because that's how my superstitions work. "If I'm not watching the Mariners will do better"
October 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I have switched to the Seahawks game because that's how my superstitions work. "If I'm not watching the Mariners will do better"
Groceries ordered (a while ago) and apparently not ready for pick up yet.......
Walk completed
Game 7 on
Switching my writing project to writing some notes so that my odds of going to the post office this week go up.
Walk completed
Game 7 on
Switching my writing project to writing some notes so that my odds of going to the post office this week go up.
October 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Groceries ordered (a while ago) and apparently not ready for pick up yet.......
Walk completed
Game 7 on
Switching my writing project to writing some notes so that my odds of going to the post office this week go up.
Walk completed
Game 7 on
Switching my writing project to writing some notes so that my odds of going to the post office this week go up.
Mine is called Have They Shown Taylor, which both embodies my lack of FF knowledge and belies my actual football knowledge.
My Fantasy Football team is called Goff-Sauce.
I’m really proud of it and I need the very small subset of people who will understand it to know.
I’m really proud of it and I need the very small subset of people who will understand it to know.
October 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Mine is called Have They Shown Taylor, which both embodies my lack of FF knowledge and belies my actual football knowledge.
Today, a professor-type with a PhD deferred to me in the elementary Sunday school class we were co-leading, and over coffee a friend referred to me as a wordsmith and asked if I was a church historian.
It's normal to wonder if you're in the right place, or doing enough. It's normal to witness...
It's normal to wonder if you're in the right place, or doing enough. It's normal to witness...
October 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Today, a professor-type with a PhD deferred to me in the elementary Sunday school class we were co-leading, and over coffee a friend referred to me as a wordsmith and asked if I was a church historian.
It's normal to wonder if you're in the right place, or doing enough. It's normal to witness...
It's normal to wonder if you're in the right place, or doing enough. It's normal to witness...
Using my hold time wisely today: still doing work AND making pesto
October 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Using my hold time wisely today: still doing work AND making pesto
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It really is okay to want everyone to thrive, not just the people nearby who look like you
October 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It really is okay to want everyone to thrive, not just the people nearby who look like you
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Not all thoughts are social media thoughts.
Some thoughts are “please unpack that in therapy” thoughts.
Some thoughts are “please unpack that in therapy” thoughts.
October 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Not all thoughts are social media thoughts.
Some thoughts are “please unpack that in therapy” thoughts.
Some thoughts are “please unpack that in therapy” thoughts.
"I can't believe this app is free" I whisper to myself as I open Libby and let Andy Serkis perform The Hobbit for just me.
October 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"I can't believe this app is free" I whisper to myself as I open Libby and let Andy Serkis perform The Hobbit for just me.
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Thank you, coffee.
that's the post.
that's the post.
October 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Thank you, coffee.
that's the post.
that's the post.
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Chatbots and AI slop are going to ruin countless brains. Yours doesn't have to be one of them. Study history. Read poetry. Get acquainted with Bach, Shakespeare, George Eliot. In a time when people are rapidly getting dumber, we need communities devoted to the life of the mind.
October 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Chatbots and AI slop are going to ruin countless brains. Yours doesn't have to be one of them. Study history. Read poetry. Get acquainted with Bach, Shakespeare, George Eliot. In a time when people are rapidly getting dumber, we need communities devoted to the life of the mind.
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I’m begging the men-
Please just pick up a hobby.
Please just pick up a hobby.
October 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I’m begging the men-
Please just pick up a hobby.
Please just pick up a hobby.
Very polite of Taylor to wait until I had a lighter work day to drop this album.
I've listened once and had a good time! I'll listen again to start drawing connections later today.
I've listened once and had a good time! I'll listen again to start drawing connections later today.
October 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Very polite of Taylor to wait until I had a lighter work day to drop this album.
I've listened once and had a good time! I'll listen again to start drawing connections later today.
I've listened once and had a good time! I'll listen again to start drawing connections later today.
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could we rebrand shutting up as a luxury good
October 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
could we rebrand shutting up as a luxury good
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Hey y’all— does anyone have any resources on fonts, kerning, & color combos for easier readability for those with low vision/vision disabilities? Working on some big work projects & accessibility is super important to us.
September 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Hey y’all— does anyone have any resources on fonts, kerning, & color combos for easier readability for those with low vision/vision disabilities? Working on some big work projects & accessibility is super important to us.