Writing Life

Sometimes the grey, wintry days, like today, drain my energy. Left feeling lethargic and somewhat foggy, the fight for motivation is on. Because doing any focused task is hard. And that’s the moment when I know I must just hold on. [Read more…] about Just Hold On

It was ‘late’ when I realized I wanted to be a writer, and then it took more time to act on that realization. Because it wasn’t that I didn’t know what it meant to be a writer. I didn’t know what it took to be a writer. And when I imagined what a writing life looked like, I immediately thought about Stephen King, Maya Angelou, Margaret Atwood, and Iris Murdoch (among others). These writers defined writing because they were successful. It took me a while to understand what they gave to reach the pinnacle of their careers: commitment. [Read more…] about Commitment

When I think about becoming relentless, a lot of different things come to mind. And when I look for a definition, I often find myself returning to Tim Grover’s book, Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable. In it, he asks this question: “What would it feel like to just let go of all the external pressure and expectations and just be yourself?¹  [Read more…] about Be Yourself

1. Grover, T. (2013). Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable, New York, Scribner, p. 78–79. [↩]

The end of 2024 is nigh. It has been a year of joys and hurt, love and loss, success and failure. There were moments that tested my resolve to remain, unapologetically, who I am and not accept others’ expectations as my own. Times when I wanted to give up as much as persevere. Through it all, the one lesson of 2024 that stands out is this: do not be afraid to start again. [Read more…] about Start Again

It was bound to happen. I knew that. The question that remained was when. Would I see it coming? The signs were there, but I chose to ignore them. So, it wasn’t a surprise when I ended up derailed. [Read more…] about Derailed