Tag: Create

  • Word of the Year Check-In: Am I Creating?

    Word of the Year Check-In: Am I Creating?

    Is it really the second week of July already? Yowsers. It’s cliché to say that, I know. And serious writers are supposed to avoid clichés like the plague (see what I did there?). But all clichés had to start somewhere, and I imagine this one started when the first person in the world realized that the…

  • I Didn’t Come Here To Do Something Hard

    I Didn’t Come Here To Do Something Hard

    Ouch. How often do we give up on our dreams just because they are hard? I know I often give up when there is any sort of delayed gratification involved. I like my comforts: my chocolate, mind-numbing T.V., and the words “good enough.” I’d rather feel that instant “win” than have to wait. So I…

  • My Word of the Year for 2015

    My Word of the Year for 2015

    I never chose a word of the year for 2014. If I had to choose one retroactively, it would be “survive.” We survived downsizing from house to apartment. I survived over-committing myself and two separate job changes. It was a tough year, in which I constantly felt like I was making no progress, but in…