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Self sabotage is no stranger here. Noticing the self sabotage and stopping it in its tracks is, however, and I'm extremely proud of myself for noticing it. For the past, I'd say about three months, my novel has been writing itself. I started it in March 2026, and as of the end of May 2026, I'm now on chapter nine of the second draft. So things are going really well! Or at least they were going really well until a couple weeks ago when I had an idea for a change that I could m

There's a song that's been living in my head lately — The Matrix by Nathan. There's a spoken word piece in it that stopped me cold the first time I heard it: "You don't chase the dream, you embody the dreamer. You don't chase love, you become love's resting place. And everything shifts. Not because the world changed, but because your point of view did. You are no longer climbing the mountain. You're realizing you are the mountain. Instead of asking 'what should I do to become

It seems like nothing is going right for me today. I boiled over my daughter's hot chocolate because I was trying to write. When I finally got settled and moving, she spilled it all over herself. The whole scalding cup of it. There's something missing from an article I'm trying to write, but I can't figure out what it is. My brain isn't focusing well enough to even begin to try and figure it out. So I pivoted and tried to start a piece of microfiction, but the moment I put pe

I’ve always been interested in what language reveals—not just what it communicates. Before writing became something I shared publicly, it was a way of understanding myself. A way of slowing thought down long enough to notice patterns. A way of listening to what didn’t surface in conversation or conscious reflection. What I learned, over time, is that writing doesn’t simply express what we know.It shows us what we’ve been circling. My work sits at the intersection of writing

I often say that the state of my home reflects my mental state. It's only fitting then that as I'm getting my thoughts in order, I'm also working on getting my home clean and tidied. Picking up various toys and putting dirty dishes in an ever filling sink while trying to get my thoughts down AND making sure my five year old daughter gets the attention she deserves, I can't help but think of some of the so called productivity rules that I've heard so many times over. If these