Chogyam Trungpa on Unfinished Business
“If you must begin then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind begins to haunt you all the time.”
~Chogyam Trungpa
“If you must begin then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind begins to haunt you all the time.”
~Chogyam Trungpa
What do I do when I’m stuck? Writing consistently for long periods of time is hard. But worth it. Believe it or not it does get easier… at least in hindsight. But what happens when I get stuck? During those “blank” times, I like to turn to a writing exercise or journal about something unrelated…
Relatives visit and stay for a week. Three kids need chauffeuring to six different after-school activities. You are in bed with the flu. You agree to work overtime. It is the week before Christmas and you have not finished your shopping. It is impossible to do everything in 24 hours. Usually something has to give…
When I was small, one of my favorite books was called, Are you my Mother? In it, a confused baby bird wanders around asking an unlikely selection of characters – including a cow and a JCB digger — whether they are its mother. They are not, of course. One is too brown, another too big,…
Lena Dunham has a new book out and she’s produced an interesting series of video shorts to promote the book called #AskLena. In each video she answers a question submitted by a fan. Her second video in the series, the one that obviously caught my attention, she addresses “Megan” and being “plus size” and socializing;…
I have followed Wendy Nguyen’s fashion blog for over a year now. Even though she is not plus size, she is definitely one of my favorite fashion bloggers. Recently Wendy and her Mystery Man spent many grueling hours putting together this sweet video about a pair of flats that just wants to fit into a…
It is said that to be a writer you have to read. I would take that a step further and add that for most of us who write, we do not just read, we live to read. Like a runner hitting the runner’s high at a certain stride, a book lover experiences the same high…
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I have a number of projects that haunt me daily. I think it’s unavoidable. My DH calls me a butterfly because I like to have my hands in so many things that I move back and forth between.