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A watercolour of a puffin

Finally learning how to relax

After years of trying to find ways to relax with video games, I've discovered a different way doing something I never thought I could. Drawing.
Pete Carr Mar 9, 2025
A scene depicting people swimming in a body of water. Birds are flying overhead against a twilight sky.

What 5 years of cold water swimming has done for me

After 5 years of cold water dipping, has it saved me? Cured my anxiety? Made me buy shares in Dryrobe?
Pete Carr Feb 9, 2025
A person stands by the railings on a ferry and watches sunset.

Becoming an optimist

Pete Carr Jun 9, 2024
A windmill in Leiden, Netherlands. In the foreground there are kayaks and a boat.

If it’s not depression it’s anxiety

If I'm not depressed from a lack of commissioned work, I'm anxious when I am commissioned. Fun.
Pete Carr Mar 3, 2024
People swimming in a lake. In the middle a non-binary person in a red hat smiles and does thumbs up to the camera.

3rd anniversary of cold water swimming

A look back at the past three years of bouncing around in cold water
Pete Carr Feb 4, 2023
At dusk a single street light is turned on illuminating the promenade.

Happy Queermas?

Let’s put a pin in Christmas for now. I’m half way through and I’m at the stage all I want for Christmas is not be disabled, able to just do stuff and not suffer from depression. My brain does not make it easy to do anything. I’
Pete Carr Dec 30, 2022
How Linkin Park saved me!

How Linkin Park saved me!

It starts with one thing. I don’t know why. It doesn’t even matter how hard you try. I tried so hard and got so far. But in the end, it doesn’t even matter. I don’t know what stressed me first or how the pressure was fed.
Pete Carr Jul 2, 2022

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