Tag: a writers life
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My Life is a Meme
This is what we’ll be covering in my monthly newsletter. Choosing calm over chaos during these ‘ber’ months and loving life a little more intentionally before the year slips away. If you’ve signed up previously, rest assured, you’re still on the list, but if you aren’t certain, here is the link to opt-in. The first…
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One More Bloom
I didn’t want to go for a walk this morning, but I did it anyway and feel more centered from it. On Tuesday I did a full body workout that kicked my butt, but I’m gonna do it again. My pep talk on repeat for now is, “I don’t want to, but I need to.”…
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Practice the Pause
When I was growing up, our household was in constant motion. I don’t recall ever seeing Mama just sitting and doing nothing. If she was sitting, which was rare, she was reading the newspaper, working a jigsaw puzzle, or sewing a button onto a shirt. When I was using dating apps, the most frequently asked…
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Make the Effort
I bought a Google Home Speaker by Nest and Gemini is supposed to help keep me on track with my writing. Together, we set up a weekly writing schedule and this morning he was supposed to notify me when it was time to write. He told me I had a notification, but wouldn’t tell me…
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100 Walks
While living solo, I find it difficult to hold myself accountable to the intricate, daily habits that enhance my life. I’m still seeing Dr. Jason, so optimum health is at the forefront of my mind this year. During our July visit, my Bioenergetic readings were all good and he couldn’t find anything nutritionally my body…
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Listening to How We Live
During the month of July, I practiced being present and spent time listening to my surroundings. One morning I was sitting at my desk and realized that the dogs spend their days listening. They hear that soft ‘click’, when I close my laptop and I think that’s a good thing for all of us. It…
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A Peaceful Life
We signed the lease for this little house mid-December 2017, at the very end of my Breast Cancer journey. It was a space for healing and almost a decade later, it still is. In 30 years time, I lived in 13 different houses. During my marriage a move was always related to my husbands job,…
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Ritual
Recently, I’ve become healthily obsessed with Tim Timmons and am reading his new book, “Waking Up Again”. There’s a question in the book that he’ll ask people to get to know them better and I’ve been seeking answers to it all week. Here’s the question: “What shaped you?” In other words, what are some of…
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Give It Time
Another female Cardinal has chosen the wrought iron hanger to build her nest. The Asparagus Fern is still sitting in the hanger, even though I thought about replacing it with something that blooms. I stepped outside with the doggos to investigate further. This week, I noticed the fern jiggling while standing at the kitchen window,…
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A Good Drenching
I’m done walking down to Lady A’s house to care for her flowers, but I thoroughly enjoyed being asked. She’ll return home soon to a happy yard. She has different gardening tastes than me, so I get to see things in bloom that I don’t normally see. I’m really proud of her though because she…
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Try Again
I just returned home from my friends house, Lady A, to take care of her flowers while she’s away. It’s an honor to be asked to care for someone else’s domain. It makes my heart happy to purchase a plant and watch it thrive, while knowing full well, I had purchased the same plant a…
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The Extra Mile
For the last couple of months, I’ve been taking the last week of the month off from writing and it’s replenishing. I don’t even think about writing, so my mind has open space. I’m still writing morning pages, even though I only fill one page, so I call it my morning ‘page’. I had to…
