Tag: figuring it out

• The Version of Me Who Was Supposed to Have the Answers

  

  If you’re like me, then you probably understand feeling like you should have everything figured out, and the crushing realization of knowing you don’t. Ten years ago I graduated college, and if you knew me then, I am so sorry. See, I thought senior year I was the best version of myself. I had been…

  Alana Santarelli

  July 8, 2026

  Fueling Home

  answers, figuring it out, healing, life, love, mental-health

• I’m Not Lazy, I’m Overloaded: ADHD and Being a Mom

  

  My whole life, I thought I was lazy. Turns out, I just have ADHD… and an extremely full plate. But imagine, going 20 something years looking at the world around you and feeling like you were born broken. I was the “bright kid” who just needed to “apply herself more” (if you know, you know).…

  Alana Santarelli

  April 27, 2026

  Fueling Motherhood

  ADHD, anxiety, figuring it out, health, Mental Load, mental-health, mom, Motherhood, Overloaded, Real, Survival Mode, Unfiltered, writing

• Allow me to introduce myself.

  

  Hi, I’m Alana. I’m a 32-year-old working mom of two, and I have no idea what the heck I am doing.

  Alana Santarelli

  April 17, 2026

  Uncategorized

  figuring it out, Get to know me, Introduction, meet me, Momming, Motherhood, Real, Unfiltered, Welcome