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Stuti Shukla's avatar

Thank you for sharing this Jamie. I needed to hear these words today, just now. I needed the reminder about “enough”, not just for my writing but the other roles I play in life as well. For me, enough is the feeling of snuggling with my 9 year old at bedtime listening to her tell about her day and her dreams. It’s the feeling of taking a silent long walk with my dog, knowing we have both done something that’s good for us. Enough is the feeling of putting down words that have come from me and are expressing something within me. Witnessing Tracy Chapman’s sublime rendition yesterday was an absolute blessing!

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Mary Carroll Moore's avatar

We seem to have a disease in this culture of lack of satisfaction. In other words, never enough. It might show up in stuff, FOMO, whatever markers make sense to each person. I have fought it my entire life, and in my writing life it shows up as always one more task I feel I should do, to somehow do it right. I loved your piece because it reminded and reassured me that the break I'm about to take is one majorly healthy choice. I've just finished promoting one novel and another is being released in April. I feel like I'm going to explode if I don't rest.

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