Recently, I was working on what I’m sure would have been a great blog post when I received a snotty text message from a friend on an unrelated topic. Stupidly, I stopped typing to pick up the phone and read the message. It took me ten minutes to stop being pissed off and start typing …
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When People Don’t Understand
Not long ago I wrote a blog post about something that both made me sad and forced me to think about my personal values (read it here: The Person I Don’t Want To Be). I posted a link to this in one of the writers groups that I belong to because I am interested in …
Procrastination is…Good?
Procrastination has a bad reputation. If you procrastinate, surely you wear the slacker label, at least from time to time. What if that’s wrong? You’re putting off your project, but you’re getting ready to get started. A quick Google search gave me the name for this: structured or active procrastination. While you seem to the …
What Do I Mean When I Say “Create”?
I’m always urging someone to create something. Most people think I mean they should write, and in a few cases, that’s true. I know people who give great advice, and, in my opinion, should definitely be blogging and helping others. I also know people who love to take photos but don’t take very many because …
Creating After Success
I’ll be honest: I’ve been putting a lot of pressure on myself over this post. It has to be great, I tell myself. I have to write something that people will like, because they liked my last post, and now I don’t want to disappoint anyone. That’s why this post has been two weeks in …
The Person I Don’t Want To Be
I’ve spent a lot of time in the past few months thinking about the person I really want to be. Part of that process has been thinking about the person I don’t want to be. Trust me when I say answering the second question is a lot easier than the first. I live in …
Are You Really Wasting Time?
I don’t think it’s possible to waste time. Sure, we’re only given so much, but how can you waste it? Waste money, sure. Waste water, or food, or fuel? Definitely possible. How can you waste time? It passes at the same speed regardless of if you’re using it to watch bad Alaskan reality TV shows …
More Thoughts About My Calling
As soon as I published my last post, I started thinking different thoughts about my search for my calling. My mind started with its usual bullshit. Who do I think I am to undertake something as grandiose as finding my calling, when I don’t even have a job that will last past September? My job will …
Thinking About My Calling
I have been thinking a lot about finding my calling. That “one” thing I was put on earth to do. Part of me says there is no cosmic chalkboard anywhere saying Kimberly VanNostrand, crazy cat lady who takes pretty photos, and that my calling is whatever I say it is. The rest of me says …
Pick a Project
When I’m lucky, I can settle down with my laptop and dive into writing, accomplish what needs to be done, and then move on to any copyediting work I happen to have, after which I can sort and catalog some photos. On a really good day, I even take some more photos. Today is not …