I am eager to improve. There are targets that I want to hit. Goals and images of success in my head. I don’t plan to stop once I achieve them. After all I enjoy learning. I’ve always been curious. And I hope I’ll always be willing to change and improve Read more…
In September I committed to writing for 25 minutes a day. I got over 20k words written but got a lot more out of it than just those words…
I am uncomfortable right now. Not unhappy or frustrated or any other real negative emotion. Merely uncomfortable. I am uncomfortable because I need to write. And I’ve been sitting here starting at a blank screen for almost ten minutes. So I figured I’d make a note that I am uncomfortable Read more…
I’m grieving the loss of my dog and I’m struggling with depression. I find it difficult to balance self-care and productivity but I’ve adopted a strategy of “touching” every task daily. This involves doing small, manageable amounts of work to avoid feelings of guilt and to slowly regain momentum without overwhelming myself.
This is a short creative musing I put up on Medium a few months ago. If you enjoy it I have many more under @StepIntoTheRoadBlog. Imagine your parents told you that the monster in your closet was real. Would they be doing you a favor or not? Because I don’t Read more…
I’m fascinated by how structure can give way to creativity. It’s not something you would expect or consider. The trope of the creative is someone with a messy work environment and eccentric life with lightning strikes of creativity here and there. Ideas seem to pop up through that mess and Read more…
I feel like a monster. I live in a cave, but it has been made suitable for me with lights that enable me to stay up all hours. I can even control the weather inside it. These gadgets help me sacrifice my sleep for more entertainment. I feel like a Read more…
I watched a video a while back about a guy dancing at a music festival. He was shirtless and dancing in a field alone. It was… strange. He did it for a few minutes. Then another person came to dance with him. Suddenly it was two people dancing, a third Read more…
I was sitting in Ecuador listening to a talk from the blogger I had come to see. Halfway through his speech, which was more like a fireside chat than a lecture, he made a comment that shifted my mindset. He uttered the words casually as if everyone already knew it. Read more…
Starting something like this is unnerving and frightening. The entire process of being a published writer is unfathomable, but right now it’s this part, the publishing bit, is what makes me the most uncomfortable. I know I’ll get better at it the more I do it. However, right now it’s Read more…