Tag: writing
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What It Looks Like for Me to Write a Book
There’s noise all around me, conversations and the whirring of coffee machines and chairs scraping against a tile floor. I sit at a counter against a window, the city buzzing in front of me over the top of my laptop. I’m as at home here writing as I am at home in the quiet of…
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Patio Writing
On this rare occasion, I have a day clear of to-do lists and events, so I’m writing. It took a teensy bit of finagling, canceling one engagement for the day, but it’s worth it. Chad made me breakfast this morning, and then I promptly got to work writing. How special is this day? I gathered my materials…
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Just Keep Reading
Guess what? Grad school is a lot of work. Oh you knew? I guess I did too, but I didn’t prepare for the lack of writing time and writing motivation I would have for this blog during my first semester. So I’ve been away a while. But I promise to try and make a plan…
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Routines
Chad and I are starting a new routine. It involves doing a little bit of cleaning, a workout, and a little time for both of us to write, all in the hours after work. It’s ambitious, we know. But it’s summer so the days feel longer, giving us extra time to get things done. I’m…
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{pretty, happy, funny, real}
~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~ {pretty} / {funny} I read something online the other day that went something like this: Remember years ago, before camera phones and social media, when you had to take a photo of your dinner and get it developed and then walk around to all your friends and…
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A Deep Breath
I’ve neglected my blog a bit lately. I think about writing a lot, and I have twinges of guilt about not making time or trying harder, but the truth is it’s just felt hard lately. There’s a restlessness that’s taken over me lately that’s making it hard to be motivated and creative. I’m blocked and…
jamie y. watkins 