The realities of the “running away to the forest” fantasy.  I grew up in the Seattle area.  Constant movement, traffic, rocky beaches, rain, coffee shops on every corner, and legendary art museums.  I maintain that it was a great place to grow up. I had a fantastic time. Beautiful memories and a permanent attachment to…

I slept about 10 hours last night. This is thoroughly crazy for me. Frankly, writing is the only thing I got done today. I’m accepting that for what it is. My day has gone like this: I did outdoor chores this morning. I took a nap on the couch. I exercised. I had a Praxis…

Doesn’t usually end up well. Everything I have tried to do today has gone wrong.  It has not been fun. I finally admitted defeat after seven hours of nothing working. I messed up an order four times. My laptop died when I tried to write. I decided to try to wrap Christmas presents and quit after the second…

I am going to be brief with this again. I do plan on writing more in-depth posts this week. As for right now: I overslept today. For the first time in my entire job history. I was 15 minutes late to work. I was pretty upset when I woke up. I was frustrated with myself.…