I often refer to my real life vs. my writing life. It’s really not a good description but it’s the best one I have for now. My real life is a three-dimensional, loud, messy combobulation of people, schedules, cleaning, cooking, laundry, work, budgets, parenting and marriage. It’s boundries are unclear and constantly changing. It requires juggling, quick thinking and the [...]
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26 Apr
Practicing what I’m preaching!
I’ve been gone but I’m not apologizing! I’ll tell you why. Since I’ve started writing about the work/life balance conundrum, I’ve taken a little time to be reflective. Very little time since the end of the school year, plus multiple soccer teams, concerts, school events have thrown a wrench into my barely functioning schedule. But [...]
28 Mar
Microwaves, Playdoh, Slinkys and Post-it notes
I’ve been out of town for spring break and since I’m taking my own advice about balancing life and writing, I haven’t posted. But now I’m back and still thinking about my ongoing struggle with trying to fit 30 hours of tasks into a 24 hour day. Last post, I cited an article that noted [...]
10 Mar
Does your day job help or hurt your writing? Part Two
I am so addicted to the internet. After several days of no access, I’m getting my fix this evening now that it’s working again. I am finally checking back in with part two about the eternal conflict between real life (i.e. day job) and real life on steroids (i.e. writing). That’s not a very good [...]
4 Mar
Does your day job help or hurt your writing? Part One
Back in school, one of the tasks I had to do was called a “Pie of Life.” Pretty simple concept. Draw a large circle and divide it into three. One section is work. One section is play and one section is self-care. You were supposed to sort your daily activities into these categories by the amount [...]
28 Feb
Never Stop Learning
My brain is tired. This week I’ve been continuing my Winter Read Out (supposed to be a word play on White Out btw). Last night, I stayed up too late reading BLOOD BROTHERS by S.A. Harazin. I plan to stay up too late finishing it tonight. I feel like I’ve been seeping my brain in excellent writing, [...]
26 Feb
Winter Read-Out Update
I’m sure that all of blogdom has been waiting to hear how my read-out is going. Wait no longer! (cue trumpet) The update is here. This kind of reminds me of the scene in “The Jerk” when Steve Martin runs around yelling “the new phonebooks are here!” But now I just dated myself and became [...]
24 Feb
Things that make you go hmmmm
“The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.” –Robert A. Heinlein My day job is an occupational therapist in a nursing home. It’s one of those jobs that requires that I daily choose to laugh instead of cry for more reasons than I care to list. I was looking [...]
22 Feb
The Stuff That Everyday Life is Made of
“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.”– Seneca I’m back from a fantastic weekend in Chicago. What a great city. Very easy for a Midwestern girl to blend in and enjoy without too much stress. In fact, someone even asked my friend and I for directions! Now that’s good camouflage. The [...]
15 Feb
Winter Read-Out
To the left is a picture of my kids sledding the drift that reaches the top of the eight foot privacy fence in our backyard. It had started to melt, but today, a new storm drifted more of the white stuff to the top of the fence. Again. Hooray. (That’s sarcasm if you missed it) Since the [...]
