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, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. Read more