Author: L.J.
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NaNoWriMo
I’ve decided to participate in NaNoWriMo this year. If you haven’t heard of NaNoWriMo, it’s a yearly challenge to write 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days during the month of November. To put that in perspective, it’s almost 1,700 words per day for 30 days. When I’m focused and just freewriting without worrying… Read more
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Retreat Reflections
My first ever DIY Writing Retreat is over and I’m very positively surprised how much I got done, how quickly the time went and how much I enjoyed the weekend! When we last talked on Friday, I had decided what should be part of the day and had a template schedule. Before I went to… Read more
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DIY Writing Retreat
I’m still sitting with feeling that I’m not accomplishing enough (check out my prior posts on Chevrons of Doom and What Do You Need Right Now? to catch up) and what has been pushed aside is my creative writing, Since it’s the creative writing that I’m theoretically organizing the rest of my life around, not… Read more
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What do You Need Right Now? (AKA Time for Some Tough Love)
I wish my title was, “How I Turned it all Around & Am Getting So Much Done”. If you read my last blog, Chevrons of Doom, you know I’ve been struggling to get things done or see results from all the work I feel like I’m putting in. Each day as I continue to >… Read more
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Chevron of Doom
It’s funny. Since I haven’t been working, I feel like I’ve been busier than I was when I was working. Although I feel like I’m doing a lot and staying busy, I just don’t have a sense that things are getting done. Take yesterday for example. I had 10 things on my task list and… Read more
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Addicted to Training (yes, it’s a thing)
For a while now, I’ve been observing the fact that I’m drawn to learning more than doing. When I’m having trouble getting motivated to start writing, I pull up a course or video and think that it will inspire me to get started. It doesn’t. Instead, I get consumed by the learning and the only… Read more
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Birthday Reflections
Today is my birthday. I’ve been alive for 52 years as of today. I still do the math when asked how old I am because there’s no part of 52 that makes sense to me. Did I miss my late 30s and 40s because I would swear I’m only 35. (My joints would suggest otherwise.)… Read more
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Struggling For Balance
Last week marked four weeks since pressing the reset button and having the freedom to choose where I am spending my time. As I discussed in the So Many Thoughts, So Little Time, I had identified that July was to be the month that I didn’t make any long term decisions and used the time… Read more
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So Many Thoughts, So Little Time
As I wrap up another week, I still can’t believe how busy I am now that I’m not working. I’m not saying that I didn’t do a lot of things during the workday when I was working but there’s a certain tunnel vision that is necessary in a job with specific tasks that need to… Read more
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Can a Person be Too Inspired?
In my last post, In My Day, You Just Had to Know Things, I talked about how crazy it is that I can have so much information at my fingertips. I aged myself by talking about the olden days, and having to find a person or a resource when you had a question. Knowing things… Read more