The difficulty of being a writer is that you have nothing to show for it. No painting on the living room wall, no ceramic mug in the pantry, no quilt on the bed, no live performance with your name on the program at the concert hall.
Tag: writing
Inspired By In April 2026
In my group activities, the women in my writing group with Zee are writing amazing, heartfelt pieces. In my yoga classes, especially Gentle Yoga, people who made a yoga resolution back in January are still showing up, week after week. My book group is so smart! Every month, they blow me away with the insights they bring to that month’s selection. The day after the book group met, Kathryn Marco Polo-ed me, gushing about how grand the discussion was. So even though the world is so very fucked up right now, there have been things that have been inspiring me in April.
Making the Rules, Then Breaking Them
But I was very happy to forgo my meditative morning to help Linda after this hip replacement surgery, even if it meant interacting with her before eleven A.M. It feels really good to be able to help someone.
Nothing Inspired Me This Month
Why does a person do anything? Why teach yoga, why coach softball? Why own a coffee shop? Why cut hair? What’s the point of anything anyone does? We each have to make our own meaning, I guess. We each have to tell ourselves the story about why our lives matter.
Mastering Cognitive Sovereignty: Take Control of Your Mind
But the takeaway for me, personally, is his answer to the problem of social media and political manipulation. Go into training. Practice being really, really uncomfortable. He says we have to practice existential hormesis in order to regain cognitive sovereignty.
Procrasti-bread
I’m afraid of failing at bread. It’s the yeast, and the kneading, and the rising, and the proofing, and god only knows all what else. It’s a lot.
Inspired By In April 2025
I’ve been listening to her coverage of Trump’s first hundred days, and her informed rage is deeply, deeply satisfying. I like that she comes with stories, history, connections, and receipts. I hate hearing about the things she reports on; they wreck me, but I need to hear. As of today, she’s returning to just Mondays, and I will miss her.
Moving Closer to Your Dreams
f the next 1,00 days looked exactly like yesterday, would you be moving closer or further away from your dreams?
Inspired By In February 2025
I’m currently reading Something In The Woods Loves You by Jarod K. Anderson. It’s making me feel kinda the same way I felt when I read Braiding Sweetgrass. Like nature will cure us if we let her. It makes me want to go for long walks in the woods, and not think about all the things.
Transforming Worry into Art: A Call to Action
I’m not a firebrand. I’m not a person who will stand on a corner with a sign and yell at passing cars. But I am also not someone who will roll over. I will not comply. I will find ways to resist that are more subtle, more subversive, and hopefully more effective.
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