Though the tasks I laid out for myself this week were fairly simple, I found myself overwhelmed by them. Maybe it was more just a general feeling of overwhelm. This past week was a lot, and I needed to use my skills in mindfulness and self regulation more than I usually do. I know much of it has to do […]
WriteTogether Reflection: Week Two
The number of times I caught myself literally typing “that will make no sense to anyone who is not inside my brain” this week makes me laugh. I am working on trying to write in response to the prompt in front of me, which can be tough sometimes if I am not quite ready to write. Sometimes I have to […]
#WriteWithMe Reflection: Week 8
One of the things that the prompts this week asked me to do was to really look at what is happening right in front of me, and to allow myself to feel what is coming up. This is something I have made a practice of doing, but for some reason or other has not gotten less uncomfortable…? Uncomfortable isn’t necessarily […]
Today is my birthday
Today is my birthday. Yesterday I was thinking about my life, why I sometimes feel like I am about twenty thousand years older than I really am, and what in the world I am going to do with the rest of it. In truth, four decades after it began, it seems as though I am only just now coming into […]