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Category: Writing

Journal Entry Type #85: If a Door Closes, Another One Opens

03/27/2021

Life, Writing

With the recent news of me being laid off due to COVID, I took a few days to myself to digest the information. It’s easy to freak out after losing a job, but there is comfort in knowing I’m not the only one. There are millions of others that lost their jobs, way before I…
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Journal Entry #84: Who Needs Sleep When You Have a Life to Live?

03/22/2021

Random Thoughts, Writing

I’ve given up trying to stay on schedule since not working a 9-to-5 job. I’ve tried hard to wake up by 10 am and fall asleep by 1 am. I’m usually still up at 2 or 3 am and still having trouble falling asleep. I used to work the night shift 20 years ago. It…
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Journal Entry Type #83: Writing is a Journey

03/18/2021

Writers, Writing

I got my edited version of my first story back. The good news is that it isn’t as labor intensive as I thought it might be. The bad news is, if you want to call it that, is I have to do another rewrite. It’s a minor rewrite compared to the lengthy ones I’ve done…
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Journal Entry Type #82: A Good Reminder for Writers

03/17/2021

Writers, Writing

It’s easy to get into the trap of thinking I will write the next great American novel, or I will write the next great novel to be translated into hundreds of languages and bought in every tiny corner of the world. The good news is that having this dream is a possibility although quite…
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Journal Entry Type #81: Balance is the Key to Life

03/16/2021

Mental Health, Writing

Once in a while I check in with myself to see what I need to focus on on a more spiritual/earthly sphere. I’ll be the first one to admit I’ve been trying my whole life to have balance. I find it in different ways, some days more successful than others, and other days it’s a…
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Journal Entry #80: So, It’s International Women’s Day?

03/08/2021

Writing

This year it took me several reminders that today was International Women’s Day. First, my partner, told me. Then, I got a text from a friend. Then, I saw Joe Biden speak about it on the news. Then, I read about it online. Then, I thought back to the time when one of the schools…
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Journal Entry Type #79: Forget My Life for a Day or Week but No More Than That!

03/04/2021

Nature, Photographs, Writing

I made the decision to go out in nature and do a little hiking today. I brought someone along with me so I couldn’t go as far and that was probably a good thing. I kept putting it off this week because working on my Yoda puzzle is so much more exciting. Okay, yeah right.…
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Journal Entry Type #78: I Don’t Know Where the Beginning, Middle, or End is, Do You?

02/28/2021

Writing

My life isn’t as bad as the guy in the hourglass, but sometimes I do feel as if my life is spinning. It’s not spinning out of control but full of the same motions. By this repetitive motion over and over, I sometimes feel very lopsided where my life is passing me by. I know…
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Journal Entry Type #77: Birthday Cards and Loud Kids

02/09/2021

Writing

I spent last weekend going headstrong into my second novel. I decided to change it from first person to third person. Needless to say, I stayed up way too late, past midnight making the changes. I’ve been on a routine that resembles nothing when I had a full-time job. I miss the schedule I used…
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Book Writing Exercise: The Worst Thing That Could Happen

02/04/2021

Writing

That would be very simple to answer, the worst thing that could happen to me already did happen. It happened a long time ago although to compound the worst thing would be for something similar happening again. It would be the most terrible, raw, and emotional situation I would ever face as an adult. I…
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Book Writing Exercise: The Best Thing That Could Happen

02/04/2021

Writing

The best thing that could happen to me is I come across a whole lot of money. You might think this is very materialistic of me. Who cares! Money can buy happiness when you are already grounded. I would like to think I’m grounded. I try to be as much as possible. I try to…
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Journal Entry Type #76: Nerding Out and Kicking Something

02/01/2021

Writing

I had all intentions of writing more blog entries in the end of January. I kept saying to myself, there’s three days left. Then three days left became two days left and two days left became one day left. Sunday I spent most of the day putting together Lego Yoda. By the time I’m done…
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Journal Entry Type #75: Get it Together! Your Face is Counting on You!

01/23/2021

Writing

I still don’t understand Twitter or Tiktok and yet, I find myself looking at both despite not having either one. I refuse to be ruled by social media even more than I already am. I finally finished my rewrite and going to be sending it to be proofread to someone early next week. I can’t…
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