This last week has been an overwhelming one. Here are a few things I have been doing over my last week of unemployment that have been keeping me sane and healthy and bringing me joy.
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On January 1, 2020, I began Yoga With Adriene’s 30-Day Yoga Challenge and managed to go 30 full days without missing a single yoga session. What?!? Who knew I was capable of this? I sure didn’t. Once it became obvious that I was capable of doing 20-ish minutes of yoga every day, I began to wonder what it would look like to commit to 20 minutes of writing every day.
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After this last month of participating in National Novel Writing Month, here is what I know: Yes, I could write 50,000 words in one month. But did I really want to? That was the question I faced as Week Three came into focus.
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Gratitude—in its purest, truest, most profound form—is priceless.
Priceless not only in its impact, but also in its obscurity. It’s the type of gratitude that isn’t felt in one moment, then dismissed the next. The type that doesn’t need conjuring up because it lives inside your bones -- bubbling beneath your chest like a corked up bottle of champagne.
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NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) an annual competition where upwards of 400,000 people sign up from all over the world and make a pledge to write 50,000 words . . . in one month. Yup, that’s right. In one month. Here’s what I’m doing to prepare.
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I think it is safe to say that emotions have been running high over the last week. Division is in the air, so thick and tangible we can feel it in our bones. In life, in politics, and in justice, there are many things we ultimately can’t control. What we can control is our own personal fight for beauty. For finding it, owning it, creating it, and cherishing it. Here are the five ways I am embracing and creating beauty in my own life.
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For the month of December, all proceeds from book sales will benefit four awesome nonprofits!
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Every good book has a good editor. For SHOT, our editor was the co-creator of Upwrite Magazine and freelancer extraordinaire, Kate Watson.
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Little known fact: It takes a lot more than just a writer to bring the best possible version of a book into the world. That’s why I’m thrilled to be interviewing a key person who helped bring SHOT to life.
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