I must learn that I can’t hide when I’m sick and only show up when I’m not. That’s not being authentic. That’s not being fully present.
Inspired By In January 2024
I watched two movies this month: My Dinner with Andre(I watched it on MAX), which I watch every January, some years siding with Andre, other years with Wally, and using the character I feel more aligned with as a predictor for the year ahead.
I’ve Got Something to Celebrate
In one way, I am sad that it has taken me this long to understand myself: what I want to do and who I am. And in another way, I am excited to launch a new writing project in a few weeks, one more in alignment with who I am as a writer and a person.
Who Is In Your Front Row?
Your front-row people are the people closest to you who stand by you during your life’s journey. They offer unwavering support, encouragement, and positivity. Your front row genuinely rejoices in your achievements and successes. They care about your well-being and growth and provide motivation and inspiration to help you reach your goals.
You Are Where You Shop
When we go into a store: a candy store, a hardware store, an art supply store, a music store, a bookstore, and we feel that deep connection to the stuff for sale there, we know we are with our things; that one of our selves knows about this place, uses this stuff, and shops here regularly.
Winterlude: How To Negotiate This Weird Week Between Christmas and New Year’s
My sole intention for this week was to live for four days like an animal: sleep when tired, eat when hungry, track any random ideas, patrol the outside environment at least once a day, and stay minimally connected to any static on the internet.
My Word of the Year for 2024
Because most of us believe stuff that may or may not be true. We have built for ourselves internal electric fences that buzz whenever we try something new, believe something new, go and do something completely not us.
Fine Is A Four-Letter Word
Fine is a lie. Fine means I don’t want to tell you how I’m doing, so let’s move it along, okay? How I am doing is none of your business.
The Stuff I Loved in 2023
Every newspaper, magazine and online outlet is publishing their year-end The Best of in 2023 articles. I thought that would be fun to do here. So, I made a List of the Best Stuff I Loved in 2023.
Inspired By In November
I’ve been in a shame spiral all week about not posting last Thursday. It was my first missed deadline here. But it was Thanksgiving, and I had just returned from Portland, and I was tired and hadn’t been writing my 1K Words a Day, so I was lost.
Inspiration Location 