There are some soothing videos on YouTube I really like to watch to relax, usually related to cooking, minimalist bulletjournal planning, or knitting. Well, Darrell just turned me onto this guy’s channel: Primitive Technology. Watching his videos is strangely soothing, hypnotic, making you want to go out into the wild Read more…
Just a quick little post here about accountability and how grateful I feel to have it. I met a poet/novelist/playwright/meditation professor back in 2016 in a writing workshop in San Francisco. Ever since then, I’ve been meeting with her on and off for most weeks, meeting via Skype on mornings, Read more…
Today, while meditating, I began to fret. Worried about something I said, worried about how it was received. As sometimes happens during meditation, thought bubbles of worry floated through my head. I wished I could help a grieving friend and her kids more than I had been, wishing I could Read more…
Living in a RV full-time forces you to live more simply With only about 100 sq ft of living space, our family of three had to whittle down our belongings into what was truly needed. This meant clothes that were actually worn day after day, not just for special occasions. Read more…
With Thanksgiving this past week, I’ve been thinking about “Gratitude.” A friend of mine posted a writing exercise on her newsletter and I decided to open up a spread on my bullet journal notebook, write the word, GRATITUDE, in big green loopy cursive letters, then fill the space with whatever Read more…
Have you ever climbed up 15 flights of stairs and told yourself: “It’s a HIIT workout; I’m working out my glutes!” When really, it was your way to avoid making chit-chat with others on the elevator? I was officially diagnosed with “Social Anxiety” around 2008, shortly after I enrolled in Read more…
Today is Day 2 of 365 days of my new self-imposed writing challenge of blogging daily. Of getting out of my comfort zone. Even though I’ve been doing a Morning Pages practice for years, writing and journaling something almost every day, I’ve been a little too precious with my words. I’ve Read more…
It dawned on me today, while sitting in a car for over four hours, driving from Denton back home to Austin, that if not now, then when? Inspired by Seth Godin, I’ve been wanting to blog every day, something I’ve been dying to do, yet so damn afraid. Afraid that Read more…
If I were to hire a ghostwriter to write my novel, how might I instruct her? Here is what I came up with: Write a coming-of-age story that encapsulates a young Chinese American girl’s life growing up Jehovah Witness in the 80’s — her desires, her struggles — and how Read more…
Sometimes I forget. Forget why we began this trip, this new RV life. How easy it is to get caught up in the middle of life — with all its ups and downs — and forget how far we’ve come. But when I revisit pictures like this, I am reminded Read more…