I stack and track habits to find flow!
It’s May 20th: hail has shifted to snow. My space heater whirs to life. (I wore a dress and sandals yesterday.) I’ve been writing letters, sipping elderberry tea all night. None of these are quite like my picture of Colorado when I considered moving here a year ago. And yet. It’s been an evening of…
Today’s weekly “writing about writing” is short and sweet, asking a couple qs, and responding with affirmations. How am I writing about myself, for and to myself? (And so, this post is really for me, present and future!) How am I honoring my experiences, past, present, and what’s to come? How can I release the…
In 5th grade, Mrs. Burgess gave us an assignment to “write a story.” I don’t remember the plot, but my characters were two friends struggling with post-WW2, one of whom lost a dad in the war. They talked on tin can phones. I remember Mrs. B told me, “I made the characters very real.” That…
May 10th is brought to you by the letter C of grace! How fitting to use a Sesame Street reference, because childhood’s been on my mind. Perhaps because it was just Mother’s Day. Or maybe I’m recognizing a need for self-care through compassion and celebration. So onto the first C! Was grace part of my…
It’s wild to think about, but only a week ago, I wrote the following: I want to share what I’ve learned about opting in and out via book: I have decided to opt out of parenting It was the first thing I shared on a laundry list of choices, ranging from health to academia to…
For the last 3 months, I’ve written about grace on the 10th, 20th, and 30th, but it feels much longer since my last post. Maybe because tonight’s post is especially vulnerable. But grace requires honest reflection, and so I am giving space to my feelings below. If they help you release or feel heard, all…
I started a new “Why Wait?” series about writing on Wednesday, April 13 about my goal of becoming an author. I aim to post every Wednesday, so today I’m talking about WHY I’m writing a book! Publishing a book is on the edge of uncomfortable. I’ve learned that the hardest things are often worth doing. Nerves can…
I started a new “Why Wait?” series about writing last Wednesday about my goal of becoming an author. I aim to post every Wednesday, so today I’m talking about the WHOS. I’m all about making connections and thinking creatively, instead of competitively. Authorship requires seemingly questions: who am I, who is my work for, and…
I’ve discussed the power of giving and receiving grace. How about acknowledging when grace was present? Or when grace wasn’t present? Acknowledging grace takes presence Acknowledgment means KNOWING. I know I felt grace on Easter Sunday. For the first time in years, I didn’t go to church. Instead, I lounged in the sun, with my boyfriend and…
After a month of writing about some amazing friends and family via my Womxn in Progress series, I am now sharing MY own work every Wednesday this month, in a new web series tentatively called “Why Wait?”. To start, last Wednesday, April 6th, I rewrote the work webpage of my website. I even posted about…