I took a hiatus from this blog back in April, but after a busy, productive summer and with the start of a new school year, I realized just how much I missed writing and how much I have to say, and blogging seems to be a way to accomplish both of these goals. The blog […]
In case you were wondering, I’m an extrovert, and every time I look around, there’s an article about how to care for introverts or extroverts or signs you’re one or the other. The following are just two examples. An Open Letter from Introverts. 7 Things Extroverts Want You To Know The following care guides have […]
Today marks day 70 of my 90 day project, and I never could have predicted the influence this blog and writing would have on my life in just the last couple of months. I got behind while I was in Indianapolis for my big conference, but I backdated some posts and realized that today marks […]
I’m working on a presentation for my conference this week. It’s on building mentoring networks. Rather than the one-to-one hierarchical expert/apprentice model, I argue that building a network based on shared interests, mutual benefit, and through a series of relationships and alliances, we can change what we think of when we hear the term. mentoring. […]
I get this in ways I never could have imagined especially when it comes to fitness goals, writing goals, and this blog. It’s true that we do like instant gratification especially it seems when it comes to our bodies. But we know that almost all things take time. The excellent thing about 3 months is […]
18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently. This article is really helpful in thinking about creativity. I have never thought of myself as creative. I mean, my younger brother is an artist. I research technical and professional writing not creative writing. And because these two fields are often positioned as binaries, it makes it seem […]
Today is my 31st post, and I have to admit, it’s been lots of fun to commit to writing and reflecting (almost) everyday. Making the time for it isn’t always easy, but like making the time for anything and committing to a goal. You just do it! I have learned some things about myself over […]
I swam competitively as a child (until I got my driver’s license at 15), and I am pretty sure I could break records for treading water. It’s a metaphor I use often during weeks when there’s lots to accomplish and extenuating circumstances wreak havoc on “getting shit done”. But I remind myself that sometimes you […]
Several years ago (okay probably twenty years although it seems like only ten), I picked up Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within while working in the writing center at University of Southwestern Louisiana (where I did my undergraduate degree), now University of Louisiana at Lafayette…the Ragin Cajuns! I had just started […]