Why I Stopped Blogging—and Why I’m Coming Back
I stopped blogging when I started marketing. I just want to knock out words and share them with anyone who cares about reading them. I’ve missed that kind of writing for too long.
Writer Life
Making Space for Next Steps: Re-engaging with My World
I’m always looking for guidance with next steps because as much as I enjoy my life as it is now, I’m still far from my dreams. And honestly, I don’t have a clear vision of my dreams.
Writing with My Natural Tendency: How to Work with Myself, Not Against Myself
Your tendency is your default response to expectations, and the way we manage expectations from our selves and others can be explained through some combination of four tendencies: Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, and Rebel. I’m not surprised to know I’m an Obliger.
My Word for 2022: CONNECTION
Last year, the major conflicts of my personal life were resolved, and I finally felt at peace with my life. Now that I’m where I feel I belong, I want to make the best of it, and for me, that begins with connection.
Dear 17-Year-Old Me, You’re Alright, Kid
It’s weird to think my life “changed” before it really got started. After all, at 17, you’re at the beginning. You finally start seeing who you are and can be, and you choose an initial direction for your adult life. My initial direction wasn’t so free, and it took me a long time to heal my inner 17-year old. I helped her through writing.
Rewriting the Story – For Real This Time
For years, I considered myself stuck in a creative slump. It took me some time to realize the writing I WAS doing was actually leading to something I couldn’t see when the “slump” started. I was preparing myself to rewrite the narrative of my trauma.
Writing Life – There’s Truth in What You Know
“Write what you know.” It’s an overused phrase that doesn’t really tell writers anything. Or does it?
An Old WIP: Going Back Isn’t Defeat
I’ve been relatively quiet for the past year. My slump in creative productivity isn’t just from the pandemic. It’s from the other things I was giving myself time to adjust to — to be “okay with not being okay.” But this — these strange times we’re living in — isn’t going away any time soon.
Summer 2020: The Summer That Wasn’t
During this pandemic, I’ve been thinking a lot about graduating high school seniors – who they were going to be before the pandemic and how the pandemic will change who they become.