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I've been working on taxes today. It's an activity I dread, although once I start on it, it never seems so bad. Like most things that put me a state of high anxiety, it's the anticipation of not-good-enoughness that arouses fear that arouses anxiety that arouses the desire to procrastinate. You'd think after all these …
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I went to a writing conference today. Because It seems to be my nature to approach things from the negative (yeah, I know; I'm trying to get better at reversing that), I was a little disappointed. I thought, I already knew most of what was presented in the sessions. (Plus I was operating on two …
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And that means it's time to share just a scrap, an iota, a jot, a morsel, trifle, a grain for the week.
The temperature was in the 50s today, so I took my dog for a walk through the neighborhood across the road from where I live. The subdivision was cut out of a huge grove of red pine. While some of the properties have been totally cleared, several are banked by clusters of these tall, lanky …
It's April Fool's Day. I've never been a fan. My friend, A, called this morning to pull a prank. Hahaha. I wondered aloud if there are certain personality types that enjoy that sort of thing, you know, trying to fool someone into thinking something is true that isn't and then laughing at them for their …
The #iWriteDaily 30-day challenge is over, but not the month of March, so being rather anal (when I'm not procrastinating!) I must write one more post to finish out the month. 🤣 I recently received a message from WordPress that I've written 100 posts. Considering I set up this blog in 2015 (but apparently began …
Day 30 #iWriteDaily https://goinswriter.com/you-are-a-writerSo here ends the 30-day writing challenge. Officially anyway. Boy, have I learned a bunch. Day 29's prompt had the #iWriteDaily community think about what habits, thoughts, mindsets and actions serve/detract from/are neutral to our writing habits. I brainstormed. Did I ever. I realized (again) that scheduling, planning and self-imposing deadlines (when …
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Day 28 #iWriteDaily I am in a mood. Yesterday I learned some news that triggered such feelings of shame that it brought me to my knees. Even though I was able to see what was happening rationally for what it is, that didn't stop the feelings from overwhelming me. In a matter of minutes I …
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