It's been awhile, but I'm back
I've started to write the follow-up to my first novel even though the first one isn't published yet. Why? Because writing is a part of me that makes me share and focus and celebrate my authentic self. And I haven't been doing it, so it shows. Without going into too much detail, I had a hard last week. I ended up off work for 80% of the week as I dealt with a non-work issue that had complications from all aspects of my life, including work. Every little issue I'd had with anything was magnified so I had to take a break to care for myself - which of course added the emotion of guilt for having to do so, which in turn added to the negativity that I was in at the time. Yeah, it was a vicious cycle. I'm sharing all this because if nothing else, I've learned to be transparent and authentic when I'm in my right mind to do so (and I wasn't in my right mind to do so until literally today). Ninety percent of the time when I share something I'm learning and am ...