Tag: niece

The psychology behind a countdown: A sense of deflation and inflation

By psychologistmimi on June 26, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

My niece just turned ten. Unbelievable that she is now a tween. What is funny, though, is that she had a major birthday countdown beforehand. For about a month beforehand, we received daily updates on her birthday celebration. She had multiple agendas that we had to […]

At least someone idolizes me

By psychologistmimi on May 9, 2018 • ( 6 Comments )

A year ago, or maybe even more, I wrote about how I wanted there to be a national holiday for aunts. Specifically, for really cool, wacky, crazy aunts. I felt that I would be such an aunt. Although, I did not know for sure. But somewhere deep […]