My husband goes for a walk every morning. Come hail, snow, or fires; he is out of the door at 5:30 am and has been doing that for more than 20 years. Sometimes he is out walking at 4:00 am if he […]
We are obsessed with productivity. I am not talking about companies; I am talking about individuals, although companies are the ones who have ingrained in us the notion that we should be efficient at all times. Everywhere I look (myself included), I find […]
For years I struggled to write. Whatever I wrote did meet my standards. I wanted my writing to sound like the authors I was reading at the time. I tried to sound like Malcolm Gladwell, Elizabeth Gilbert, Jhumpa Lahiri, and James Clear. […]
Lately, I have been able to free up more time during the day while writing much more than I ever did. I don’t feel as stressed as I used to and have much more time reading books, going for walks, and even […]
Yesterday I announced my 90 Day Focus on Fiction challenge. The challenge started on 2 August and will end on 29 October 2021. I spent Day 1 setting up the goals for the challenge and making the plan to achieve them. Outlining […]
This year, in mid-April, I set myself an outrageous challenge. To write 100 articles in 100 days. It was outrageous because I averaged just 2–3 articles a week, spending 5–6 hours per article. If I were to make article writing an integral […]