I think I appreciate my writer friends and these newsletters now more than ever! Writing is keeping me just this side of the looney bin at this point ... and I feel like it's my duty to preserve some of this insanity for future generations (hopefully, someone will read my musings some day). Also, nature. I highly recommend taking advantage of the coming of spring and getting outside. I took an hour out of my day yesterday afternoon to sit on my front porch with a neighbor and a bottle of wine. She isn't a writer, but she's a lovely person and brought over a book of cat poetry (think Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven from the perspective of a cat) and a bottle of wine. I could have sat there all day enjoying the respite from the insanity!
Best reason to journal. Writing forces us to sort chaos into order. It always feels better after. Not necessarily good, but better.
I think I appreciate my writer friends and these newsletters now more than ever! Writing is keeping me just this side of the looney bin at this point ... and I feel like it's my duty to preserve some of this insanity for future generations (hopefully, someone will read my musings some day). Also, nature. I highly recommend taking advantage of the coming of spring and getting outside. I took an hour out of my day yesterday afternoon to sit on my front porch with a neighbor and a bottle of wine. She isn't a writer, but she's a lovely person and brought over a book of cat poetry (think Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven from the perspective of a cat) and a bottle of wine. I could have sat there all day enjoying the respite from the insanity!
Journaling definitely helps to sort things out. I also love to connect with nature, especially with all of the different types of birds.
"I know who I am when I'm writing." It really is this simple sometimes, isn't it?
The direct path to the self.
Always true but especially good to hear this now. Thank you, Jami!