Four Things Writers Can Stop Stressing About Right Now
Writers stress out about a lot of things, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Here are four things you can stop stressing out about today.
I Will Follow
I visited New York with my brother recently. Buried with work stress, I told him, “You’re in charge. I need a break from decisions and timelines; I will just follow you.” We even agreed on a trip theme: Meander. We had no real schedule, no commitments. Eat when we get hungry. Stop when we are tired. Watch people. How did that go? Not so well. For three days, my brother set the pace, soaked in the city, and waited patiently for me to discover I was half a block ahead of him. For three days, each time the gap between […]
A House On Fire
I recently came across a very brief post from Seth Godin that crystallized the past month of my life: You can’t watch your parade if the house is on fire. These days, I do feel like the house is on fire. I am an introvert. I need quiet time away from people and activity to recharge. When my batteries get low, I fall into bad habits. I see problems as overwhelming and impossible to solve. I see myself as impotent, powerless. I retreat. I miss the parade. I need to contain the fire in a controlled space, and then just […]
