For me, the change to the new year as noted by the Gregorian calendar is a time when I start to contemplate the year ahead. But I usually don’t get around to more fully analyzing the past year and consider the upcoming year until later in the month,on my birthday.…
Part 2 1 2019 One good thing that came out of my unexpected change in my career trajectory, I got back into writing, and I’m talking actual words on page, not writing-adjacent activities. In November of 2018 I had started a novel for NaNo WriMo. With an understanding that I…
Release The word I have chosen as my focus this year is Release. This, in part, is an extension of my word from past year(s), Simplify. To me, the concept of release captures letting go of clutter, yes, but also unhealthy emotional attachments, and release of pre-conceived notions of who I should…
This, surprisingly, is another post I am finding difficult to write. Is this what irony feels like? I came to the realization that I don’t have a good sense of what “success” looks like. But in a profession like writing, I think that looks different for each person. So, then,…
Invalid reasons that I put things I want to do on hold: What are you waiting for? For my meds to stabilize To hear back about the We Need Diverse Books mentorship application To hear back about the Futurescapes application * To hear back from job applications To feel like…
I have entertained at least a half dozen ways to write this post. Here is where I’m at today, now that I’ve sat down to actually write it. The Scenario I’ve been Manager of the Institutional Repository(IR)1 in practice since 2012, officially 2014. It was part of our Digital Production…
Happy New Year January 1st, the day of new beginnings, the day of resolutions, the day of tradition, the day of imagining our best selves. Over the years I have had many strategies for facing a new year. Waking up to watch the sun rise. Doing only the things I…
I started last year by completing “Unravel your 2016.” While I didn’t stick to everything, I found the exercise useful, so over the winter break I completed the “Unravel your Year 2017″ workbook from Susannah Conway. I even managed to complete it before the end of 2016. Along with…
Whelp, we have officially wasted half a year. Only six month remain to make what we want to out of 2016. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not mad at myself for what I have/ haven’t achieved so far this year, but I can say I didn’t get as much done…
Several years ago (somewhere in the early 2000s – but I can’t find the exact year), I started getting up early on New Year’s Day and go out to see the sunrise with friends, mostly from my local writing group. Most years we went to the Baughman Center, on the…