YES. This is edition 28! The fourth in our cycle of seven. And a reminder to each of us to preemptively program(me) some rest and recovery - those restorative 21st-century skills. Read more in the ‘rest’ editions 7, 14 and 21. Am I the only one advocating this concept? I saved...
“My approach to problem-solving is to carry around a dozen interesting problems, and a dozen interesting solutions to unrelated problems, and eventually, I’ll be able to make connections. You have to keep a dozen of your favorite problems constantly present in your mind, although by and large they will lay in...
When my hungry-going-on-hangry four-year-old tugged on my skirt for the eighth time in three minutes and asked “What’s for dinner?”, they were met with a blank stare. Not because I didn’t care, but because I had just not planned that far ahead. Then I discovered a 7-day meal plan in...
If Writing in Community is training as a sous chef, Then Build a Second Brain is figuring out my mise en place, And Write of Passage is teaching me flavour profiles and plating. How three writing courses helped me improve as a writer. “What are we grateful for this year?” We are all gathered around...
Feeling grateful and blessed! I am on a 365-day writing streak. I've been chasing the habit of regular writing for the past five years. And now that I have made it this far, I would like to share some of the reasons it may have worked to date. Is there a...
"365? That's impossible!" It crept up on me suddenly. As I added one to my daily writing counter of the day, I realized that I have been writing for 365 days. A full year of consecutive days of writing. What started out as an exercise in discipline and continuity has delivered...
Today marks 365 days of showing up daily and making my mark. I will not lie. It was not easy, especially on lazy, warm summer nights, or Zoom-ed-out days. One day, all I could manage was a simple "I woz 'ere. Exhausted. Tank is empty." But somehow over the space of...