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Hey. Easy on yourself. This isn't about having "wasted" your life. If you didn't work a recovery before now, it's because you couldn't. The reasons don't matter. What matters is you're here now, working your recovery now.
You're still alive to read this.
Grace over guilt.
You're still alive to read this.
Grace over guilt.
September 28, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Hey. Easy on yourself. This isn't about having "wasted" your life. If you didn't work a recovery before now, it's because you couldn't. The reasons don't matter. What matters is you're here now, working your recovery now.
You're still alive to read this.
Grace over guilt.
You're still alive to read this.
Grace over guilt.
Welp. I didn't finish that proposal in time. I will be a day late.
On the other hand, I feel great about myself. Spending the day running from this, I expected to go to bed ashamed. Instead, tomorrow I wake with 2hrs worth of 1031 words & 4 pages to review, edit, and finally... Submit.
Not bad.
On the other hand, I feel great about myself. Spending the day running from this, I expected to go to bed ashamed. Instead, tomorrow I wake with 2hrs worth of 1031 words & 4 pages to review, edit, and finally... Submit.
Not bad.
September 29, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Welp. I didn't finish that proposal in time. I will be a day late.
On the other hand, I feel great about myself. Spending the day running from this, I expected to go to bed ashamed. Instead, tomorrow I wake with 2hrs worth of 1031 words & 4 pages to review, edit, and finally... Submit.
Not bad.
On the other hand, I feel great about myself. Spending the day running from this, I expected to go to bed ashamed. Instead, tomorrow I wake with 2hrs worth of 1031 words & 4 pages to review, edit, and finally... Submit.
Not bad.
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I’m not a huge Stephen King stan, but he had one piece of advice I think about a lot, and that is he never wrote down an idea when it came to him. If he still had that idea weeks or months layer he would work it out. I always thought that was a good piece of advice.
September 28, 2024 at 2:30 AM
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8pm of another college crunch, figured out I misunderstood my project instructions and would have to start from the beginning. Decided to just go home and sleep in. Now I'm awake at 5am and so very ready to do it right. Best decision I've made all month.
September 27, 2024 at 10:58 AM
8pm of another college crunch, figured out I misunderstood my project instructions and would have to start from the beginning. Decided to just go home and sleep in. Now I'm awake at 5am and so very ready to do it right. Best decision I've made all month.
With the curriculum always a step ahead, I often consider pivoting to short stories. Not a bad idea at all, but I know I'm considering it for the wrong reasons. It all boils down to that feeling of pretentiousness that I get when I talk about storytelling, but have no actual stories to show.
September 23, 2024 at 6:45 PM
With the curriculum always a step ahead, I often consider pivoting to short stories. Not a bad idea at all, but I know I'm considering it for the wrong reasons. It all boils down to that feeling of pretentiousness that I get when I talk about storytelling, but have no actual stories to show.
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Hey. You.
Right now you might be wondering if your work matters.
This morning, I got an email from someone who said my books helped her through a rough patch. She carried on.
There's someone out there who needs your words to know they're going to be okay. That's who you're writing for.
Right now you might be wondering if your work matters.
This morning, I got an email from someone who said my books helped her through a rough patch. She carried on.
There's someone out there who needs your words to know they're going to be okay. That's who you're writing for.
September 12, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Hey. You.
Right now you might be wondering if your work matters.
This morning, I got an email from someone who said my books helped her through a rough patch. She carried on.
There's someone out there who needs your words to know they're going to be okay. That's who you're writing for.
Right now you might be wondering if your work matters.
This morning, I got an email from someone who said my books helped her through a rough patch. She carried on.
There's someone out there who needs your words to know they're going to be okay. That's who you're writing for.
Is a hobby a motivator or a reward? Time would tell me it's neither. It's not unlike a bag of chips, feeding you in spite of dinnertime. Even writing—which teaches me something everyday—needs its own time and place; once I'm done, it's impossible to convince myself to do anything else!
September 13, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Is a hobby a motivator or a reward? Time would tell me it's neither. It's not unlike a bag of chips, feeding you in spite of dinnertime. Even writing—which teaches me something everyday—needs its own time and place; once I'm done, it's impossible to convince myself to do anything else!
The way I see it, satisfaction is... Being dissatisfied? Odd to say, but it works. Work leaves results, regardless of feeling. The results stick, and the feelings recontexualize themselves in regards to the results. Consistency will teach your heart to be satisfied by the goal, not by the growth.
September 10, 2024 at 2:21 PM
The way I see it, satisfaction is... Being dissatisfied? Odd to say, but it works. Work leaves results, regardless of feeling. The results stick, and the feelings recontexualize themselves in regards to the results. Consistency will teach your heart to be satisfied by the goal, not by the growth.
Read, write, read. Are most writers reading while they write? I read plenty as a kid, but I still fall into inflexible modes when I can't recall the techniques of writers who wrote similar passages. It might be for the best; a mode of drafting is faster, and stylization can always happen in edits.
September 4, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Read, write, read. Are most writers reading while they write? I read plenty as a kid, but I still fall into inflexible modes when I can't recall the techniques of writers who wrote similar passages. It might be for the best; a mode of drafting is faster, and stylization can always happen in edits.
Writing daily continues to be my goal. There will always be days where I gravitate to the desk because I know exactly what I want to say. But what's gonna make the difference is how many times I begrudgingly choose to come to the desk and—by some spectacular skill or tenacity—validate that choice.
September 4, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Writing daily continues to be my goal. There will always be days where I gravitate to the desk because I know exactly what I want to say. But what's gonna make the difference is how many times I begrudgingly choose to come to the desk and—by some spectacular skill or tenacity—validate that choice.