My dumb anxious brain wakes me at 4AM worrying about the schedule for a school event that will take place three weeks from now. I tell my brain to go back to sleep. Instead, it drafts an email to the person in charge of the event, wanting details. I tell my brain that I do […]
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I’m Very Bad at Multitasking
In my new work situation, I have to do two things at once. I’m really bad at it.
It’s All on One Laptop
I’ve always believed that it’s possible to make time for things that are important to you, no matter the situation, which means I am finding time to write these days. Even with my school work and home duties, there are small blocks of time that I can carve out for my novel, or an essay, […]
Two Versions of a Perfect Day
I have two versions of a Perfect Day. Today I had version #1: the off-duty day. Off-duty Perfect Day has four simple ingredients: A beautiful place (great weather helps) Wonderful food My husband and kids plus a few other family members or friends A great book to read between activities Today’s Perfect Day was in […]
This Is What My Journal Looks Like
In an effort to break down some of my writing-fear (discussed in Sunday’s post) I’m going to try something fresh. Every night this week, I’m going to post about my day. It’ll be a free-write, similar to the way I write my daily journal. And I’m only going to give myself twenty minutes to do […]
We Learn By Playing
We are trying to teach our daughter to eat solid food. Many babies start naturally reaching for their parents’ food when they are ready, but neither of our children ever did. It was a long, painful process to get my son to eat the same things we were eating, and I fear it’ll be the […]