The Comfort Zone

  “The walls of your comfort zone are lovingly decorated with your lifelong collection of favorite excuses.” -Jen Sincero, from You Are A Badass At Making Money Ahh, my comfort zone. It’s comfortable to lounge on the couch or bed with my cat at my side and my beverage of choice at hand and read. …

Embracing Discomfort

Sometimes a creative life means existing in a state of discomfort. Discomfort comes from those times of learning something new, or persisting when a project has become difficult/boring/otherwise annoying, and, in my case, taking the painful but necessary step of no longer drinking coffee. Pressure to be productive also causes discomfort. I’ve made certain photos …

Planting Seeds

Spring weather has me thinking about gardening. I’ve been planting seeds for my garden since February, but it’s an ongoing process. There’s always something else to start. This week it’s transplanting the lettuce, kale, and cabbage that I’ve started indoors on the windowsill. Next, the beet and carrot seeds need to go in the ground. …

Change or Stay Stuck

I’ve been thinking a lot about change. Maybe it’s because we’re not too far past the season of making New Year’s Resolutions. Hell, since we’ve just passed the Lunar New Year, it’s a do-over for those who have already dropped the resolutions they made when they hung up the 2017 calendar. You can probably tell …