When I first started running, I had to have my iPod. Music was the only way to distract myself from what I considered to be a torturous activity. I eventually began to enjoy running, but my iPod companion remained a constant. I sometimes would refuse to go for a run if my iPod were dead or on its deathbed.
Writing Life
Writing and the Importance of Active Observation
When I first started college, I didn’t have a car. I bummed rides from friends and roommates. Even if I didn’t have any pressing items on my “to buy” list, I went with those people to the store. Who knew when they would be going again?
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Precipices and the Creative Life
To be a writer (insert “artist,” “musician,” et cetera) is to embrace fear. It’s to embrace a fear of failure. It’s to embrace a fear of success. It’s to embrace a fear of the known and the unknown.
Get Back Up
If I’ve learned anything about falling and failure, it’s that I have to get up. I can’t stay on my knees. I can’t cling to the crumpled remnants of failed poems. I can’t hoard unsuccessful blog posts.
International Women’s Day
I’ll be honest. I had no idea that March 8 was International Women’s Day until I was mentioned in a friend’s post. I still didn’t make any plans to write about International Women’s Day until I started to see a flurry of posts in relation to the day. Peer pressure sometimes is a good motivator, and it is one in this case.
Taking a Hard Fall
I have a fear of falling. I thought I overcame it during my martial arts days, but I didn’t. I’m still afraid of falling, and my recent adventures with roller skating and jumping on a trampoline have brought my fear to the fore.